What is the severity of CVE-2018-17967?

CVE-2018-17967 is classified as a medium severity vulnerability due to the potential for denial of service caused by a memory leak.

How do I fix CVE-2018-17967?

To fix CVE-2018-17967, upgrade ImageMagick to version 7.0.8-0 or later, as this version addresses the memory leak issue.

What software versions are affected by CVE-2018-17967?

CVE-2018-17967 affects ImageMagick version 7.0.7-28.

What type of vulnerability is CVE-2018-17967?

CVE-2018-17967 is a memory leak vulnerability found in the ReadBGRImage function of ImageMagick.

Is CVE-2018-17967 a critical vulnerability?

While CVE-2018-17967 is not classified as critical, it can still lead to service disruptions due to its denial of service potential.

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CVE-2018-17967

medium

6.5

CWE

772

3/10/2018

16/9/2024

CVE-2018-17967

First published: Wed Oct 03 2018(Updated: )

ImageMagick 7.0.7-28 has a memory leak vulnerability in ReadBGRImage in coders/bgr.c.

Credit: cve@mitre.org

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
ImageMagick ImageMagick	=7.0.7-28

Remedy

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-17967

Remedy

https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1051

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-17967?
CVE-2018-17967 is classified as a medium severity vulnerability due to the potential for denial of service caused by a memory leak.
How do I fix CVE-2018-17967?
To fix CVE-2018-17967, upgrade ImageMagick to version 7.0.8-0 or later, as this version addresses the memory leak issue.
What software versions are affected by CVE-2018-17967?
CVE-2018-17967 affects ImageMagick version 7.0.7-28.
What type of vulnerability is CVE-2018-17967?
CVE-2018-17967 is a memory leak vulnerability found in the ReadBGRImage function of ImageMagick.
Is CVE-2018-17967 a critical vulnerability?
While CVE-2018-17967 is not classified as critical, it can still lead to service disruptions due to its denial of service potential.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-17967?
CVE-2018-17967 is classified as a medium severity vulnerability due to the potential for denial of service caused by a memory leak.
How do I fix CVE-2018-17967?
To fix CVE-2018-17967, upgrade ImageMagick to version 7.0.8-0 or later, as this version addresses the memory leak issue.
What software versions are affected by CVE-2018-17967?
CVE-2018-17967 affects ImageMagick version 7.0.7-28.
What type of vulnerability is CVE-2018-17967?
CVE-2018-17967 is a memory leak vulnerability found in the ReadBGRImage function of ImageMagick.
Is CVE-2018-17967 a critical vulnerability?
While CVE-2018-17967 is not classified as critical, it can still lead to service disruptions due to its denial of service potential.