CVE-2016-8677

8.8 HIGH

Published: February 15, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026

Description

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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

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

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-10/msg00107.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3726

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/16/1

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93598

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/10/07/imagemagick-memory-allocate-failure-in-acquirequantumpixels-quantum-c/

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1385698

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking Patch

https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/6e48aa92ff4e6e95424300ecd52a9ea453c19c60

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/268

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-10/msg00107.html