Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting imagemagick package, versions <8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-12


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (43rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-IMAGEMAGICK-401737
  • published10 Jul 2017
  • disclosed10 Jul 2017

Introduced: 10 Jul 2017

CVE-2017-11141  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-772  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable imagemagick to version 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-12 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:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

The ReadMATImage function in coders\mat.c in ImageMagick 7.0.5-6 has a memory leak vulnerability that can cause memory exhaustion via a crafted MAT file, related to incorrect ordering of a SetImageExtent call.