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Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

CVE-2017-11536

Medium
6.5/10

Summary

When ImageMagick 7.0.6-1 processes a crafted file in convert, it can lead to a Memory Leak in the WriteJP2Image() function in coders/jp2.c.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • NONE

CWE-772 - Missing Release Of Resource After Effective Lifetime

'Missing release of resource after effective lifetime' is a weakness that occurs when software doesn't sufficiently release a resource (e.g. memory, CPU, disk space, etc.) after it is used. If not addressed, attackers can launch a denial of service attack (by allocating a resource and not releasing it).

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published