Out-of-bounds read in ImageMagick - CVE-2016-7524
Published: February 6, 2020 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU34838
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-7524
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.
coders/meta.c in ImageMagick allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted file.
Affected software
ImageMagick
How to mitigate CVE-2016-7524
Install update from vendor's website.
External References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/22/2
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/imagemagick/+bug/1537422
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1378762
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/97c9f438a9b3454d085895f4d1f66389fd22a0fb
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/f8c318d462270b03e77f082e2a3a32867cacd3c6
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/96