Name: CVE-2017-9440: Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2017-06-05T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2017-9440, CWE-772, CVSS 6.5, EPSS 0.01538

In ImageMagick 7.0.5-5, a memory leak was found in the function ReadPSDChannel in coders/psd.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.0 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
Debian	—	Upgrade imagemagick	Jul 19, 2017	Jun 5, 2017
Redhat_linux	—	No solution exists	Jul 9, 2025	Apr 28, 2017
Suse	—	Upgrade ImageMagickUpgrade perl-PerlMagickUpgrade ImageMagick-config-6-SUSEUpgrade ImageMagick-config-6-upstreamUpgrade libMagick++-develUpgrade libMagickCore-6_Q16-1Upgrade libMagickWand-6_Q16-1Upgrade libMagick++-6_Q16-3Upgrade ImageMagick-develUpgrade libMagickCore-6_Q16-1-32bit	Aug 17, 2017	Jun 5, 2017
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade libmagick++5Upgrade libmagickcore-6.q16-3Upgrade libmagick++-6.q16-7Upgrade imagemagickUpgrade imagemagick-6.q16Upgrade libmagickcore5Upgrade libmagick++-6.q16-5v5Upgrade libmagickcore-6.q16-2	Jul 24, 2017	Jun 5, 2017

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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