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Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Jan 30, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-6405

CVE-2018-6405

Description

In the ReadDCMImage function in coders/dcm.c in ImageMagick before 7.0.7-23, each redmap, greenmap, and bluemap variable can be overwritten by a new pointer. The previous pointer is lost, which leads to a memory leak. This allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service.

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