NULL pointer dereference in ImageMagick - CVE-2016-5690
Published: December 13, 2016 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32208
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-5690
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: ImageMagick.org
Affected software:
ImageMagick
ImageMagick
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
The ReadDCMImage function in DCM reader in ImageMagick before 6.9.4-5 and 7.x before 7.0.1-7 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors involving the for statement in computing the pixel scaling table.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-5690
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/14/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/3
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91283
- https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/46-Various-invalid-memory-reads-in-ImageMagick-WPG,-DDS,-DCM.html
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/blob/6.9.4-5/ChangeLog
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/blob/7.0.1-7/ChangeLog
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/5511ef530576ed18fd636baa3bb4eda3d667665d