CVE-2016-8707

high

Published 2016-12-23 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

7.8

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

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.8

Description

An exploitable out of bounds write exists in the handling of compressed TIFF images in ImageMagicks's convert utility. A crafted TIFF document can lead to an out of bounds write which in particular circumstances could be leveraged into remote code execution. The vulnerability can be triggered through any user controlled TIFF that is handled by this functionality.

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	`8:6.9.7.0+dfsg-2`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`8:6.9.7.0+dfsg-2`
debian	forky	fixed	`8:6.9.7.0+dfsg-2`
debian	sid	fixed	`8:6.9.7.0+dfsg-2`
debian	trixie	fixed	`8:6.9.7.0+dfsg-2`
debian	8.0	affected

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
imagemagick	imagemagick	`7.0.3-1`

References

CWEs

CWE-787

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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