CVE-2017-13146

Publication date 23 August 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8 · High

Score breakdown

Description

In ImageMagick before 6.9.8-5 and 7.x before 7.0.5-6, there is a memory leak in the ReadMATImage function in coders/mat.c.

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

0101-Memory-leak-in-mat-coder.patch in unstable 0298-CVE-2017-13146-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 8.8 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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