Integer overflow in ImageMagick - CVE-2016-5841
Published: December 13, 2016 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32210
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-2016-5841
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Integer overflow in MagickCore/profile.c in ImageMagick before 7.0.2-1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors involving the offset variable.
Affected software
ImageMagick
Amazon Linux AMI
imagemagick (Alpine package)
ImageMagick
Amazon Linux AMI
imagemagick (Alpine package)
ImageMagick
How to mitigate CVE-2016-5841
Install update from vendor's website.
ImageMagick - update to 7.0.2-1
imagemagick (Alpine package) - update to 6.9.6.8-r0
ImageMagick - update to 6.9.10.68-3.22
imagemagick (Alpine package) - update to 6.9.6.8-r0
ImageMagick - update to 6.9.10.68-3.22
External References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/23/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/25/3
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91394
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/d8ab7f046587f2e9f734b687ba7e6e10147c294b
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commits/7.0.2-1