CVE-2016-7524: coders/meta.c in ImageMagick allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted file

Medium severity · published Feb 6, 2020

CVE-2016-7524

coders/meta.c in ImageMagick allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted file

6.5

CVSS

2.2%

EPSS

On KEV

Description

coders/meta.c in ImageMagick allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted file.

CVSS vector

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

Attack vector

Network

Complexity

Low

Privileges

None

User interaction

Required

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Scope

Unchanged

Exploitation

Is it being used?

Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.2% · higher than 82% of CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet

CISA KEVNot listed

Ransomware campaign useNot known

Affected products

Which versions

Imagemagick · Imagemagick

before 6.9.4-0 · source: NVD

Affected product

Imagemagick

All Imagemagick CVEs

References

NVD

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7524

CVE.org

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7524

Mailing List

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/22/2

Exploit

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/imagemagick/+bug/1537422

Issue Tracking

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1378762

Patch

https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/97c9f438a9b3454d085895f4d1f66389fd22a0fb

Patch

https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/f8c318d462270b03e77f082e2a3a32867cacd3c6

Third Party Advisory

https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/96