CVE-2017-14138

ImageMagick 7.0.6-5 has a memory leak vulnerability in ReadWEBPImage in coders/webp.c because memory is not freed in certain error cases, as demonstrated by VP8 errors.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/639	Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-07	Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/639	Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-07	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.6-5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2017-09-04 23:29

Updated : 2025-04-20 01:37

NVD link : CVE-2017-14138

Mitre link : CVE-2017-14138

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-14138

JSON object : View

Products Affected

imagemagick

imagemagick

CWE

CWE-772

Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

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