VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2016-9298

medium
Published 2017-01-27 · Modified 2026-05-13
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CVSS v3
5.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
5.5

Description

Heap overflow in the WaveletDenoiseImage function in MagickCore/fx.c in ImageMagick before 6.9.6-4 and 7.x before 7.0.3-6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted image.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
55%
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
OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed8:6.9.6.5+dfsg-1
debian debianbullseyefixed8:6.9.6.5+dfsg-1
debian debianforkyfixed8:6.9.6.5+dfsg-1
debian debiansidfixed8:6.9.6.5+dfsg-1
debian debiantrixiefixed8:6.9.6.5+dfsg-1

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
imagemagickimagemagick{"endIncluding":"6.9.6-3"}
imagemagickimagemagick7.0.1-0
imagemagickimagemagick7.0.1-1
imagemagickimagemagick7.0.1-2
imagemagickimagemagick7.0.1-3
imagemagickimagemagick7.0.1-4
imagemagickimagemagick7.0.1-5
imagemagickimagemagick7.0.1-6
imagemagickimagemagick7.0.1-7
imagemagickimagemagick7.0.1-8
imagemagickimagemagick7.0.1-9
imagemagickimagemagick7.0.1-10
imagemagickimagemagick7.0.2-0
imagemagickimagemagick7.0.2-1
imagemagickimagemagick7.0.2-2
imagemagickimagemagick7.0.2-3
imagemagickimagemagick7.0.2-4
imagemagickimagemagick7.0.2-5
imagemagickimagemagick7.0.2-6
imagemagickimagemagick7.0.2-7
imagemagickimagemagick7.0.2-8
imagemagickimagemagick7.0.2-9
imagemagickimagemagick7.0.2-10
imagemagickimagemagick7.0.3-0
imagemagickimagemagick7.0.3-1
imagemagickimagemagick7.0.3-2
imagemagickimagemagick7.0.3-3
imagemagickimagemagick7.0.3-4
imagemagickimagemagick7.0.3-5

References

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.