Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting imagemagick package, versions <8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-7


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.19% (58th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-IMAGEMAGICK-526539
  • published4 May 2017
  • disclosed4 May 2017

Introduced: 4 May 2017

CVE-2017-8765  (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-7 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 function named ReadICONImage in coders\icon.c in ImageMagick 7.0.5-5 has a memory leak vulnerability which can cause memory exhaustion via a crafted ICON file.