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CVE-2017-12564

Publication date 5 August 2017

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

In ImageMagick 7.0.6-2, a memory leak vulnerability was found in the function ReadMATImage in coders/mat.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
imagemagick 18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful
Not affected
17.04 zesty Ignored end of life
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored

Notes

mdeslaur

0106-Memory-leak-in-mat-coder.patch in unstable 0272-CVE-2017-12564-Fix-memory-leak-in-ReadMATImage.patch in wheezy not fixing memory leak in trusty and xenial

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
imagemagick

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.5 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H