CVE-2018-5246: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 6.5. EPSS: 3.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In ImageMagick 7.0.7-17 Q16, there are memory leaks in ReadPATTERNImage in coders/pattern.c.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 14.04 only; version 16.04 only; version 17.10 only; version 18.04 only
• ImageMagick ImageMagick: version 7.0.7-17 only

Published 2018-01-05. Last modified 2026-06-17.