Security readout for executives and security teams
This is a memory-leak flaw in ImageMagick’s MATLAB MAT image reader. If a service processes attacker-supplied MAT files, repeated parsing could consume memory and affect availability. The provided sources do not show data theft, code execution, CVSS scoring, or active exploitation. Most relevant exposure is servers, applications, or batch pipelines using ImageMagick to process untrusted or user-uploaded MAT images. Systems that do not accept MAT input, or do not use affected ImageMagick versions, are less likely exposed. Treat this as an availability risk for services that process untrusted images. Prioritize exposed upload or conversion systems, but it is not supported by the provided evidence as a critical emergency. Mitigation focus: Inventory ImageMagick versions across servers, containers, and build images.; Compare installed versions against 6.9.9-3 and 7.0.6-3 boundaries.; Check ImageMagick and OS vendor advisories for fixed packages..
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- GLSA-201711-07CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/624CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
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