CVE-2018-6405

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2018-01-31
CWE:
CWE-400
Bugzilla:
1541866: CVE-2018-6405 ImageMagick: Memory leak in coders/dcm.c:ReadDCMImage can allow for denial of service

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

In the ReadDCMImage function in coders/dcm.c in ImageMagick before 7.0.7-23, each redmap, greenmap, and bluemap variable can be overwritten by a new pointer. The previous pointer is lost, which leads to a memory leak. This allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service.

Find out more about CVE-2018-6405 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 3.3
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Low

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 ImageMagick Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 ImageMagick Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 ImageMagick Will not fix

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