Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting imagemagick package, versions <8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.13+esm8


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (30th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-IMAGEMAGICK-400123
  • published3 Oct 2018
  • disclosed3 Oct 2018

Introduced: 3 Oct 2018

CVE-2018-17966  (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+esm8 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 7.0.7-28 has a memory leak vulnerability in WritePDBImage in coders/pdb.c.