Advisories

ImageMagick - Memory Leak in LoadOpenCLDeviceBenchmark() via Malformed XML

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severity
low
date
Affecting
  • ImageMagick >= 0, < 7.1.2-13

CWE
  • CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
CVSS
1.8
CVSS V4 Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Credit
Keryer
Description
ImageMagick before 7.1.2-13 contains a memory leak vulnerability in LoadOpenCLDeviceBenchmark() function when parsing malformed OpenCL device profile XML files with unclosed device elements. Attackers with write access to the OpenCL cache directory can place malicious XML files to exhaust memory and cause denial of service.

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