Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting imagemagick package, versions <8:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u9


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.38% (74th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-IMAGEMAGICK-400837
  • published18 Apr 2017
  • disclosed18 Apr 2017

Introduced: 18 Apr 2017

CVE-2017-7941  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-772  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 imagemagick to version 8:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u9 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:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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