Out-of-Bounds Affecting imagemagick package, versions <8:6.9.6.5+dfsg-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.13% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-IMAGEMAGICK-402760
  • published27 Jan 2017
  • disclosed27 Jan 2017

Introduced: 27 Jan 2017

CVE-2016-9298  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable imagemagick to version 8:6.9.6.5+dfsg-1 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.

Heap overflow in the WaveletDenoiseImage function in MagickCore/fx.c in ImageMagick before 6.9.6-4 and 7.x before 7.0.3-6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted image.