CVE-2018-17967 — ImageMagick: memory leak in ReadBGRImage in coders/bgr.c.

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MEDIUM

ImageMagick: memory leak in ReadBGRImage in coders/bgr.c.

Published Oct 3, 2018

6.5

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 1.46%

Description

ImageMagick 7.0.7-28 has a memory leak vulnerability in ReadBGRImage in coders/bgr.c.

Affected products

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

ImageMagick-0:6.9.10.68-3.el7

Fixed · RHSA-2020:1180
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

autotrace-0:0.31.1-38.el7

Fixed · RHSA-2020:1180
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

emacs-1:24.3-23.el7

Fixed · RHSA-2020:1180
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

inkscape-0:0.92.2-3.el7

Fixed · RHSA-2020:1180
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

ImageMagick

Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

ImageMagick

Will not fix

Product	Package	State	Advisory
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	ImageMagick-0:6.9.10.68-3.el7	Fixed	RHSA-2020:1180
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	autotrace-0:0.31.1-38.el7	Fixed	RHSA-2020:1180
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	emacs-1:24.3-23.el7	Fixed	RHSA-2020:1180
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	inkscape-0:0.92.2-3.el7	Fixed	RHSA-2020:1180
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5	ImageMagick	Not affected	n/a
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	ImageMagick	Will not fix	n/a

Remediation

Red Hat statement

This issue affects the versions of ImageMagick as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7. This issue did not affect the versions of ImageMagick as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 is now in Maintenance Support 2 Phase of the support and maintenance life cycle. This has been rated as having a security impact of Low, and is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/.

Metrics

1.46% 0.01455

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01455

Score over time

2021–2026

EPSS v1
EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v1
EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v5

Table of values (16 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 3, 2026	1.46% (0.01455)	72.56th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.46% (0.01461)	70.07th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jul 20, 2024	0.06% (0.00056)	24.03th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 3, 2024	0.06% (0.00056)	22.58th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 15, 2024	0.06% (0.00055)	20.43th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.05% (0.00049)	15.61th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jul 8, 2023	0.06% (0.00061)	24.05th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.09% (0.00087)	35.55th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	26.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	24.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 3, 2022	0.42% (0.00416)	10.04th	v1
Jan 6, 2022	0.42% (0.00416)	9.79th	v1
Sep 1, 2021	0.42% (0.00416)	25.53th	v1
Apr 14, 2021	0.42% (0.00416)	0.00th	v1

Weaknesses (2)

CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CWE-772

References (6)

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-17967
Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1636590
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-17967
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1051
x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17967
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-17967

Link	Providers	Tags
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-17967		Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1636590		Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-17967		Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1051		x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17967
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-17967