Improper Data Handling 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-402466
  • published20 Apr 2017
  • disclosed20 Apr 2017

Introduced: 20 Apr 2017

CVE-2016-7540  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-19  (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.

coders/rgf.c in ImageMagick before 6.9.4-10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure) by converting an image to rgf format.