CVE-2016-8862

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-8862
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-02-15 19:59:00 UTC
Updated2021-04-26 15:32:00 UTC
DescriptionThe AcquireMagickMemory function in MagickCore/memory.c in ImageMagick before 7.0.3.3 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted image, which triggers a memory allocation failure.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Imagemagick Imagemagick All All All All
Application Imagemagick Imagemagick All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
imagemagick: memory allocation failure in AcquireMagickMemory (memory.c) | agostino's blog MISC blogs.gentoo.org
memory allocation failure in AcquireMagickMemory (memory.c) different from #267 · Issue #271 · ImageMagick/ImageMagick · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
oss-security - Re: imagemagick: memory allocation failure in AcquireMagickMemory (memory.c) MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3726-1 imagemagick DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
ImageMagick CVE-2016-8862 Memory Corruption Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
oss-security - imagemagick: memory allocation failure in AcquireMagickMemory (memory.c) (incomplete fix for CVE-2016-8862) MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
1387135 – (CVE-2016-8862) CVE-2016-8862 ImageMagick: Memory allocation failure in AcquireMagickMemory CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 690319 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for imagemagick7 (e1f67063-aab4-11e6-b2d3-60a44ce6887b)
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