NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting imagemagick package, versions <8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.11


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.22% (61st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-IMAGEMAGICK-402423
  • published5 Oct 2017
  • disclosed5 Oct 2017

Introduced: 5 Oct 2017

CVE-2017-15016  (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 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.11 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.

ImageMagick 7.0.7-0 Q16 has a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in ReadEnhMetaFile in coders/emf.c.