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CVE-2016-8677

Published: 17 October 2016

The AcquireQuantumPixels function in MagickCore/quantum.c in ImageMagick before 7.0.3-1 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted image file, which triggers a memory allocation failure.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
This is 0164-Memory-allocate-failure-in-AcquireQuantumPixels.patch

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
imagemagick
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
upstream Needs triage

precise
Released (8:6.6.9.7-5ubuntu3.6)
xenial
Released (8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.3)
yakkety
Released (8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu8.2)
trusty
Released (8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.3)
Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/6e48aa92ff4e6e95424300ecd52a9ea453c19c60

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.8
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H