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CVE-2016-5688 Detail

Description

The WPG parser in ImageMagick before 6.9.4-4 and 7.x before 7.0.1-5, when a memory limit is set, allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors related to the SetImageExtent return-value check, which trigger (1) a heap-based buffer overflow in the SetPixelIndex function or an invalid write operation in the (2) ScaleCharToQuantum or (3) SetPixelIndex functions.


Severity

 


CVSS 3.x Severity and Metrics:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  8.1 HIGH
Vector:  CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H


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Hyperlink Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/14/5 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/3 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91283 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/46-Various-invalid-memory-reads-in-ImageMagick-WPG,-DDS,-DCM.html Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/aecd0ada163a4d6c769cec178955d5f3e9316f2f Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/fc43974d34318c834fbf78570ca1a3764ed8c7d7 Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commits/6.9.4-4 Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commits/7.0.1-5 Patch  Vendor Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-5688
NVD Published Date:
12/13/2016
NVD Last Modified:
12/16/2016
Source:
MITRE