Reachable Assertion Affecting imagemagick package, versions <8:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u10


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.21% (61st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-IMAGEMAGICK-401821
  • published7 Jun 2017
  • disclosed7 Jun 2017

Introduced: 7 Jun 2017

CVE-2017-9501  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-617  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 imagemagick to version 8:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u10 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 7.0.5-7 Q16, an assertion failure was found in the function LockSemaphoreInfo, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.