Out-of-bounds read in GraphicsMagick - CVE-2016-8682
Published: February 15, 2017 / Updated: August 3, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33184
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-2016-8682
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The ReadSCTImage function in coders/sct.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.25 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted SCT header.
Affected software
GraphicsMagick
Amazon Linux AMI
Fedora
graphicsmagick (Alpine package)
GraphicsMagick
Amazon Linux AMI
Fedora
graphicsmagick (Alpine package)
GraphicsMagick
How to mitigate CVE-2016-8682
Install update from vendor's website.
GraphicsMagick - update to 1.3.26
GraphicsMagick - addressed in versions 1.3.25-6.el6, 1.3.25-6.el7, 1.3.25-6.fc24, 1.3.25-6.fc25
GraphicsMagick - addressed in versions 1.3.25-6.el6, 1.3.25-6.el7, 1.3.25-6.fc24, 1.3.25-6.fc25
External References
- http://hg.code.sf.net/p/graphicsmagick/code/rev/0a0dfa81906d
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-10/msg00094.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3746
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/16/6
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93597
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/09/15/graphicsmagick-stack-based-buffer-overflow-in-readsctimage-sct-c/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1385583