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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-5688

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…

HIGH 8.1EPSS 4.82%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.82%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

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.

CVSS 3.0
8.1 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
4.82% probability · 91th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-119
Affected
oracle/solaris · imagemagick/imagemagick
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.