Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting imagemagick package, versions <8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-15


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (41st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-IMAGEMAGICK-402749
  • published7 Aug 2017
  • disclosed7 Aug 2017

Introduced: 7 Aug 2017

CVE-2017-12673  (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-15 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.

In ImageMagick 7.0.6-3, a memory leak vulnerability was found in the function ReadOneMNGImage in coders/png.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service.