Out-of-bounds read in GraphicsMagick - CVE-2016-7449
Published: February 6, 2017 / Updated: August 3, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33174
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-7449
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in the TIFFGetField function in coders/tiff.c. A remote attacker can create a file containing an "unterminated" string, trick the victim into opening it, trigger out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.
Affected software
GraphicsMagick
graphicsmagick (Alpine package)
graphicsmagick (Alpine package)
How to mitigate CVE-2016-7449
Update to version 1.3.25.
GraphicsMagick - update to 1.3.25
graphicsmagick (Alpine package) - update to 1.3.33-r1
graphicsmagick (Alpine package) - update to 1.3.33-r1
External References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-10/msg00094.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-10/msg00097.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/18/8
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93074
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1374233
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00009.html