CVE-2017-8830

ImageMagick: Memory leak in the ReadBMPImage function

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

3.3

CVSS 3.0

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Published · May 3, 2017

Updated · May 13, 2026

Description

In ImageMagick 7.0.5-6, the ReadBMPImage function in bmp.c:1379 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory leak) via a crafted file.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 3.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CWE-460 · Improper Cleanup on Thrown Exception