CVE-2017-6499 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime in Imagemagick

CWE-772 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime7 documents7 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 49.02%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
ImagemagickDebian ImagemagickDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedMar 6
Latest updateMay 13

Description

An issue was discovered in Magick++ in ImageMagick 6.9.7. A specially crafted file creating a nested exception could lead to a memory leak (thus, a DoS).

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/imagemagick< imagemagick 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-2 (bookworm)
▶Debianimagemagick/imagemagick< 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-2+3

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0, 9.0

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: www.imagemagick.org ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-77ch-7xcf-v8hp: An issue was discovered in Magick++ in ImageMagick 6↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2017-6499: An issue was discovered in Magick++ in ImageMagick 6↗2017-03-06
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
ImageMagick vulnerabilities↗2017-03-14
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Red Hat
ImageMagick: Memory leak in Magick++↗2017-02-09
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Debian
CVE-2017-6499: imagemagick - An issue was discovered in Magick++ in ImageMagick 6.9.7. A specially crafted fi...↗2017
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-6499 ImageMagick: Memory leak in Magick++↗2017-03-06
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