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CVE-2016-7524 Detail

Description

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


Severity



CVSS 3.x Severity and Metrics:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  6.5 MEDIUM
Vector:  CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H


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Hyperlink Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/22/2 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/imagemagick/+bug/1537422 Exploit  Third Party Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1378762 Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/97c9f438a9b3454d085895f4d1f66389fd22a0fb Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/f8c318d462270b03e77f082e2a3a32867cacd3c6 Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/96 Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-7524
NVD Published Date:
02/06/2020
NVD Last Modified:
02/10/2020
Source:
Debian GNU/Linux