CVE-2017-11529 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime in Imagemagick

CWE-772 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime8 documents7 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV9.8
EPSS
0.5%
top 32.18%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
ImagemagickVideolan VLC Media PlayerDebian Imagemagick
Timeline
PublishedJul 23
Latest updateMay 13

Description

The ReadMATImage function in coders/mat.c in ImageMagick before 6.9.9-0 and 7.x before 7.0.6-1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory leak) via a crafted file.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

▶debiandebian/imagemagick< imagemagick 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-12 (bookworm)
▶Debianimagemagick/imagemagick< 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-12+3
▶NVDimagemagick/imagemagick6.9.8-10+54
▶Ubuntuvideolan/vlc_media_player< 2.1.6-0ubuntu14.04.5+esm1+1

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-ff56-48c8-r6h5: The ReadMATImage function in coders/mat↗2022-05-13
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OSV
vlc vulnerabilities↗2021-03-15
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OSV
CVE-2017-11529: The ReadMATImage function in coders/mat↗2017-07-23
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💥Exploits & PoCs

1
Exploit-DB
Adobe (Multiple Products) - XML Injection File Content Disclosure↗2017-04-07
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
ImageMagick: Memory leak in ReadMATImage in mat.c↗2017-06-24
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Debian
CVE-2017-11529: imagemagick - The ReadMATImage function in coders/mat.c in ImageMagick before 6.9.9-0 and 7.x ...↗2017
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-11529 ImageMagick: Memory leak in ReadMATImage in mat.c↗2017-07-25
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