Out-of-bounds Write Affecting imagemagick package, versions <8:6.9.6.2+dfsg-2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.47% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-IMAGEMAGICK-400676
  • published19 Apr 2017
  • disclosed19 Apr 2017

Introduced: 19 Apr 2017

CVE-2016-7531  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable imagemagick to version 8:6.9.6.2+dfsg-2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream imagemagick package and not the imagemagick package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

MagickCore/memory.c in ImageMagick allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted PDB file.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1