Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting imagemagick package, versions <8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm10


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (52nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-IMAGEMAGICK-1595187
  • published23 Sept 2019
  • disclosed23 Sept 2019

Introduced: 23 Sep 2019

CVE-2019-16712  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-772  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 imagemagick to version 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm10 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

ImageMagick 7.0.8-43 has a memory leak in Huffman2DEncodeImage in coders/ps3.c, as demonstrated by WritePS3Image.

CVSS Scores

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