What is CVE-2017-14138?

CVE-2017-14138 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-09-04.

How severe is CVE-2017-14138?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Imagemagick

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.

EPSS: 0.021 (78.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Imagemagick — versions 7.0.6-5
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-772 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

References

cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-14138?: CVE-2017-14138 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-09-04.
How severe is CVE-2017-14138?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.