Multiple memory leaks in the caption and label handling code in ImageMagick allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory…

Description

Multiple memory leaks in the caption and label handling code in ImageMagick allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via unspecified vectors.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

5.1% · top 7.7% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)

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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-399 (opens in a new tab)

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (7)

• [oss-security] 20170116 CVE Request: Imagemagick: various flaws: memory corruption, out-of-bounds writes, memory leaks, double-frees, off-by-one errors (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=851380 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• GLSA-201702-09 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• 95744 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• DSA-3799 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/aeff00de228bc5a158c2a975ab47845d8a1db456 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20170116 Re: CVE Request: Imagemagick: various flaws: memory corruption, out-of-bounds writes, memory leaks, double-frees, off-by-one errors (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred

Sources

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• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 03:14 UTC.