Out-of-Bounds Affecting ImageMagick/ImageMagick package, versions [,6.9.6.post4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
1.13% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-IMAGEMAGICKIMAGEMAGICK-3007823
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed27 Jan 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 27 Jan 2017

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

How to fix?

Upgrade ImageMagick/ImageMagick to version 6.9.6.post4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds. 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.

CVSS Scores

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