Buffer overflow in Opensuse and Debian Linux - CVE-2016-8677
Published: February 15, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU39646
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-8677
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: SUSE
Debian
Debian
Affected software:
Opensuse
Debian Linux
Opensuse
Debian Linux
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
The AcquireQuantumPixels function in MagickCore/quantum.c in ImageMagick before 7.0.3-1 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted image file, which triggers a memory allocation failure.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-8677
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-10/msg00107.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3726
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/16/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93598
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/10/07/imagemagick-memory-allocate-failure-in-acquirequantumpixels-quantum-c/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1385698
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/6e48aa92ff4e6e95424300ecd52a9ea453c19c60
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/268