Out-of-bounds read in GraphicsMagick - CVE-2016-7449

 

Out-of-bounds read in GraphicsMagick - CVE-2016-7449

Published: February 6, 2017 / Updated: August 3, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU33174
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-7449
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: GraphicsMagick Group
Affected software:
GraphicsMagick

Detailed vulnerability description

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.


How to mitigate CVE-2016-7449

Update to version 1.3.25.

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