Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting imagemagick package, versions <8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-6


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (42nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-IMAGEMAGICK-526500
  • published18 Apr 2017
  • disclosed18 Apr 2017

Introduced: 18 Apr 2017

CVE-2017-7942  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-772  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 imagemagick to version 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-6 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream imagemagick package and not the imagemagick package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

The ReadAVSImage function in avs.c in ImageMagick 7.0.5-4 allows remote attackers to consume an amount of available memory via a crafted file.