CVE-2018-6405 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime in Imagemagick

CWE-772 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective LifetimeCWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption8 documents7 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.8%
top 25.32%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
ImagemagickDebian ImagemagickCanonical Ubuntu Linux
Timeline
PublishedJan 30
Latest updateMay 13

Description

In the ReadDCMImage function in coders/dcm.c in ImageMagick before 7.0.7-23, each redmap, greenmap, and bluemap variable can be overwritten by a new pointer. The previous pointer is lost, which leads to a memory leak. This allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/imagemagick< imagemagick 8:6.9.9.34+dfsg-3 (bookworm)
▶NVDimagemagick/imagemagick7.0.0-0 — 7.0.7-23+1
▶Debianimagemagick/imagemagick< 8:6.9.9.34+dfsg-3+3

Also affects: Ubuntu Linux 14.04, 16.04, 17.10, 18.04

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-7827-2r4p-7fjj: In the ReadDCMImage function in coders/dcm↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2018-6405: In the ReadDCMImage function in coders/dcm↗2018-01-30
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
ImageMagick vulnerabilities↗2018-06-12
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Red Hat
ImageMagick: Memory leak in coders/dcm.c:ReadDCMImage can allow for denial of service↗2018-01-31
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Debian
CVE-2018-6405: imagemagick - In the ReadDCMImage function in coders/dcm.c in ImageMagick before 7.0.7-23, eac...↗2018
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-6405 ImageMagick: Memory leak in coders/dcm.c:ReadDCMImage can allow for denial of service↗2018-02-05
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-6405 CVE-2018-6876 CVE-2018-6930 ImageMagick: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2018-02-05
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