NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting imagemagick package, versions <8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.2


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.89% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-IMAGEMAGICK-400296
  • published1 Mar 2018
  • disclosed1 Mar 2018

Introduced: 1 Mar 2018

CVE-2017-18211  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 imagemagick to version 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16ubuntu6.2 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:18.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

In ImageMagick 7.0.7, a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability was found in the function saveBinaryCLProgram in magick/opencl.c because a program-lookup result is not checked, related to CacheOpenCLKernel.