REDHAT-BUG-1627917: Low severity imagemagick vulnerability

The severity of REDHAT-BUG-1627917 is categorized as moderate due to the memory leak that could impact resource utilization.

To fix REDHAT-BUG-1627917, upgrade ImageMagick to version 7.0.7-30 or later where the memory leak has been addressed.

ImageMagick versions up to and including 7.0.7-29 are affected by REDHAT-BUG-1627917.

The vulnerability in REDHAT-BUG-1627917 is present in the formatIPTCfromBuffer function within the coders/meta.c file.

Yes, REDHAT-BUG-1627917 has been officially acknowledged through bug reports by Red Hat and discussions in the ImageMagick GitHub repository.

Published Sep 11, 2018

Updated

In ImageMagick 7.0.7-29 and earlier, a memory leak in the formatIPTCfromBuffer function in coders/meta.c was found.

Upstream issue:

https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1118

Affected Software

1 affected component

ImageMagick<=7.0.7-29

Sep 11, 2018

Data Sourced

via Red Hat·09:19 PM

DescriptionSeverityAffected Software

The severity of REDHAT-BUG-1627917 is categorized as moderate due to the memory leak that could impact resource utilization.

To fix REDHAT-BUG-1627917, upgrade ImageMagick to version 7.0.7-30 or later where the memory leak has been addressed.

ImageMagick versions up to and including 7.0.7-29 are affected by REDHAT-BUG-1627917.

The vulnerability in REDHAT-BUG-1627917 is present in the formatIPTCfromBuffer function within the coders/meta.c file.

Yes, REDHAT-BUG-1627917 has been officially acknowledged through bug reports by Red Hat and discussions in the ImageMagick GitHub repository.