CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2016-7540

MEDIUMEPSS 84th pctl

6.5

CVSS v3

Description

coders/rgf.c in ImageMagick before 6.9.4-10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure) by converting an image to rgf format.

How to fix

Remediation Available

imagemagickDebian

Fixed in:8:6.9.6.2+dfsg-2CVE-2016-7540

Fixed in:8:6.9.6.2+dfsg-2CVE-2016-7540

Fixed in:8:6.9.6.2+dfsg-2CVE-2016-7540

Fixed in:8:6.9.6.2+dfsg-2CVE-2016-7540

imagemagickUbuntu

Fixed in:8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.2USN-3131-1

Fixed in:8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.2USN-3131-1

imagemagick-6.q16Ubuntu

Fixed in:8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.2USN-3131-1

libmagick++-6.q16-5v5Ubuntu

Fixed in:8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.2USN-3131-1

libmagick++5Ubuntu

Fixed in:8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.2USN-3131-1

libmagickcore-6.q16-2Ubuntu

Fixed in:8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.2USN-3131-1

libmagickcore-6.q16-2-extraUbuntu

Fixed in:8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.2USN-3131-1

libmagickcore5Ubuntu

Fixed in:8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.2USN-3131-1

libmagickcore5-extraUbuntu

Fixed in:8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.2USN-3131-1

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 VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

2.77%probability of exploitation in 30 days

84thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 84% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch4

Third-Party Advisory2

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