Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting imagemagick package, versions <8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.5


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.18% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-IMAGEMAGICK-402613
  • published24 Mar 2017
  • disclosed24 Mar 2017

Introduced: 24 Mar 2017

CVE-2017-5507  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-772  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 imagemagick to version 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.5 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:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

Memory leak in coders/mpc.c in ImageMagick before 6.9.7-4 and 7.x before 7.0.4-4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via vectors involving a pixel cache.

CVSS Scores

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