Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting imagemagick package, versions <8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.11


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (44th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-IMAGEMAGICK-401108
  • published12 Sept 2017
  • disclosed12 Sept 2017

Introduced: 12 Sep 2017

CVE-2017-14325  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-772  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 imagemagick to version 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.11 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.

In ImageMagick 7.0.7-1 Q16, a memory leak vulnerability was found in the function PersistPixelCache in magick/cache.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption in ReadMPCImage in coders/mpc.c) via a crafted file.