Name: CVE-2018-5246: Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2018-01-05T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2018-5246, CWE-772, CVSS 6.5, EPSS 0.00215

In ImageMagick 7.0.7-17 Q16, there are memory leaks in ReadPATTERNImage in coders/pattern.c.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 6.5
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Alpine Linux	—	Upgrade imagemagick6	Oct 1, 2024	Jan 5, 2018
Debian	—	Upgrade imagemagick	Jul 30, 2024	Jan 5, 2018
Redhat_linux	—	No solution exists	Jul 9, 2025	Jan 5, 2018
Suse	—	Upgrade libMagickWand1Upgrade libMagickCore-6_Q16-1Upgrade ImageMagick-config-6-upstreamUpgrade ImageMagick-config-6-SUSEUpgrade libMagick++-develUpgrade libMagick++1Upgrade libMagickCore1Upgrade ImageMagickUpgrade ImageMagick-develUpgrade libMagickCore1-32bitUpgrade libMagick++-6_Q16-3Upgrade perl-PerlMagickUpgrade libMagickWand-6_Q16-1Upgrade libMagickCore-6_Q16-1-32bitUpgrade libMagickWand1-32bit	Jan 20, 2018	Jan 5, 2018
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade libmagickcore-6.q16-3Upgrade libmagick++-6.q16-7Upgrade libmagick++5Upgrade libmagickcore-6.q16-2-extraUpgrade libmagick++-6.q16-5v5Upgrade imagemagickUpgrade libmagickcore-6.q16-2Upgrade libmagickcore-6.q16-3-extraUpgrade libmagickcore5Upgrade imagemagick-6.q16Upgrade libmagickcore5-extra	Jun 19, 2018	Jan 5, 2018

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CVSS Details

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