Name: CVE-2017-12428: Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2017-08-04T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2017-12428, CWE-772, CVSS 7.5, EPSS 0.02096

In ImageMagick 7.0.6-1, a memory leak vulnerability was found in the function ReadWMFImage in coders/wmf.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service in CloneDrawInfo in draw.c.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 7.5
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade imagemagick	Dec 5, 2017	Aug 4, 2017
Redhat_linux	—	No solution exists	Jul 9, 2025	Aug 4, 2017
Suse	—	Upgrade ImageMagick-config-6-SUSEUpgrade perl-PerlMagickUpgrade ImageMagickUpgrade ImageMagick-config-6-upstreamUpgrade libMagick++-6_Q16-3Upgrade libMagickCore-6_Q16-1-32bitUpgrade libMagick++-develUpgrade ImageMagick-develUpgrade libMagickCore-6_Q16-1Upgrade libMagickWand-6_Q16-1	Nov 8, 2017	Aug 4, 2017

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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