What is CVE-2017-11724?

CVE-2017-11724 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-07-29.

How severe is CVE-2017-11724?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Imagemagick

CVE-2017-11724

The ReadMATImage function in coders/mat.c in ImageMagick through 6.9.9-3 and 7.x through 7.0.6-3 has memory leaks involving the quantum_info and clone_info data structures.

EPSS: 0.018 (76.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Imagemagick — versions 6.9.9-3, 7.0.1-0, 7.0.1-1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-772 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

References

cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-11724?: CVE-2017-11724 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-07-29.
How severe is CVE-2017-11724?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.