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CVE-2016-7539

Published: 25 August 2016

Memory leak in AcquireVirtualMemory in ImageMagick before 7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via unspecified vectors.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
This is 0138-Potential-DOS-by-not-releasing-memory.patch

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
imagemagick
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
upstream
Released (8:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u4)
precise
Released (8:6.6.9.7-5ubuntu3.5)
xenial
Released (8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.2)
yakkety
Released (8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu8.1)
trusty
Released (8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.2)
Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/4e81ce8b07219c69a9aeccb0f7f7b927ca6db74c

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H