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CVE-2017-5507

Publication date 17 January 2017

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

Memory leak in coders/mpc.c in ImageMagick before 6.9.7-4 and 7.x before 7.0.4-4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via vectors involving a pixel cache.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
imagemagick 16.10 yakkety
Fixed 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu8.4
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.5
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.5
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 8:6.6.9.7-5ubuntu3.8

Notes

mdeslaur

This is 0178-Fix-memory-leak-in-MPC-file-handling.patch

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 7.5 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3222-1
    • ImageMagick vulnerabilities
    • 8 March 2017

Other references