NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting imagemagick package, versions <8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.2


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.21% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-IMAGEMAGICK-401323
  • published13 Dec 2016
  • disclosed13 Dec 2016

Introduced: 13 Dec 2016

CVE-2016-5690  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 imagemagick to version 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.2 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

The ReadDCMImage function in DCM reader in ImageMagick before 6.9.4-5 and 7.x before 7.0.1-7 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors involving the for statement in computing the pixel scaling table.

CVSS Scores

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