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


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (43rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-IMAGEMAGICK-402627
  • published1 Jun 2018
  • disclosed1 Jun 2018

Introduced: 1 Jun 2018

CVE-2018-11656  (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 7.0.7-20 Q16 x86_64, a memory leak vulnerability was found in the function ReadDCMImage in coders/dcm.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted DCM image file.