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
0.32% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-IMAGEMAGICK-401542
  • published30 Apr 2017
  • disclosed30 Apr 2017

Introduced: 30 Apr 2017

CVE-2017-8357  (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.

In ImageMagick 7.0.5-5, the ReadEPTImage function in ept.c allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory leak) via a crafted file.