CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2016-10062

MEDIUMEPSS 76th pctl

5.5

CVSS v3

Description

The ReadGROUP4Image function in coders/tiff.c in ImageMagick does not check the return value of the fwrite function, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted file.

How to fix

Remediation Available

imagemagickDebian

Fixed in:8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-1CVE-2016-10062

Fixed in:8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-1CVE-2016-10062

Fixed in:8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-1CVE-2016-10062

Fixed in:8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-1CVE-2016-10062

imagemagickUbuntu

Fixed in:8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.5USN-3222-1

Fixed in:8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.5USN-3222-1

imagemagick-6.q16Ubuntu

Fixed in:8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.5USN-3222-1

libmagick++-6.q16-5v5Ubuntu

Fixed in:8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.5USN-3222-1

libmagick++5Ubuntu

Fixed in:8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.5USN-3222-1

libmagickcore-6.q16-2Ubuntu

Fixed in:8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.5USN-3222-1

libmagickcore-6.q16-2-extraUbuntu

Fixed in:8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.5USN-3222-1

libmagickcore5Ubuntu

Fixed in:8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.5USN-3222-1

libmagickcore5-extraUbuntu

Fixed in:8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.5USN-3222-1

ImageMagick Q16Windows application

Affected:7.0.1-10Fixed in:7.0.1-10ImageMagick Studio LLC

ImageMagick Q16-HDRIWindows application

Affected:7.0.1-10Fixed in:7.0.1-10ImageMagick Studio LLC

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.84%probability of exploitation in 30 days

76thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 76% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory5

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