Out-of-bounds read in ImageMagick



Published: 2017-04-20 | Updated: 2020-07-28
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2016-5010
CWE-ID CWE-125
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
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Vendor ImageMagick.org

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Out-of-bounds read

EUVDB-ID: #VU32203

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-5010

CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

coders/tiff.c in ImageMagick before 6.9.5-3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted TIFF file.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

ImageMagick: 6.9.0-0 - 6.9.5-2

External links

http://git.imagemagick.org/repos/ImageMagick/commit/c20de102cc57f3739a8870f79e728e3b0bea18c0
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1354500
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-21


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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