Bug 1429552 (CVE-2017-6499)

Summary: CVE-2017-6499 ImageMagick: Memory leak in Magick++
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Andrej Nemec <anemec>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: abhgupta, ethan, jhorak, kseifried, nmurray, pahan, tiwillia
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Description Andrej Nemec 2017-03-06 15:21:55 UTC
An issue was discovered in Magick++ in ImageMagick. A specially crafted file creating a nested exception could lead to a memory leak, crashing the application.

Upstream patch:

https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/3358f060fc182551822576b2c0a8850faab5d543

Upstream bug:

https://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=23&p=142634