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CVE-2016-8866

high

Description

The AcquireMagickMemory function in MagickCore/memory.c in ImageMagick 7.0.3.3 before 7.0.3.8 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted image, which triggers a memory allocation failure. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-8862.

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1388816

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/21/5

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/20/3

https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/271

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2016-9691

https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/10/20/imagemagick-memory-allocation-failure-in-acquiremagickmemory-memory-c-incomplete-fix-for-cve-2016-8862/

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00141.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2017-01/msg00006.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00085.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-02-15

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.048