CVE-2016-10061

Publication date 3 March 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

The ReadGROUP4Image function in coders/tiff.c in ImageMagick before 7.0.1-10 does not check the return value of the fputc function, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted image file.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
imagemagick	16.10 yakkety	Fixed 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu8.2
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.3
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.3
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 8:6.6.9.7-5ubuntu3.6

Notes

mdeslaur

This is 0158-Check-return-of-write-function-when-writting-tiff-fi.patch

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
imagemagick	Upstream: 4e914bb

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	6.5 · Medium
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H