CVE-2016-10049
high
CVSS v3
7.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.8
Description
Buffer overflow in the ReadRLEImage function in coders/rle.c in ImageMagick before 6.9.4-4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or have other unspecified impact via a crafted RLE file.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 8:6.9.6.2+dfsg-2 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 8:6.9.6.2+dfsg-2 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 8:6.9.6.2+dfsg-2 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 8:6.9.6.2+dfsg-2 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 8:6.9.6.2+dfsg-2 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| imagemagick | imagemagick | {"endIncluding":"6.9.4-3"} | |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10049.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/26/9
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95180
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1410452
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/13db820f5e24cd993ee554e99377fea02a904e18
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/3e9165285eda6e1bb71172031d3048b51bb443a4
- https://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=29710
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-10049
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.