Improper access control in ImageMagick - CVE-2016-5118
Published: June 10, 2016 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32204
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-5118
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
The OpenBlob function in blob.c in GraphicsMagick before 1.3.24 and ImageMagick allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a | (pipe) character at the start of a filename.
Affected software
ImageMagick
imagemagick (Alpine package)
SUSE Linux
Slackware Linux
Opensuse
imagemagick (Alpine package)
SUSE Linux
Slackware Linux
Opensuse
How to mitigate CVE-2016-5118
Install update from vendor's website.
imagemagick (Alpine package) - update to 6.9.6.8-r0
External References
- http://git.imagemagick.org/repos/ImageMagick/commit/40639d173aa8c76b850d625c630b711fee4dcfb8
- http://hg.code.sf.net/p/graphicsmagick/code/file/41876934e762/ChangeLog
- http://hg.code.sf.net/p/graphicsmagick/code/rev/ae3928faa858
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00008.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00009.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00011.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00021.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00030.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00032.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00047.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3591
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3746
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/29/7
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/30/1
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90938
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035984
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035985
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.397749
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2990-1
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1237