CVE-2016-5240

MEDIUM

GraphicsMagick < 1.3.23 - Denial of Service via Circularly Defined SVG File

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The DrawDashPolygon function in magick/render.c in GraphicsMagick before 1.3.24 and the SVG renderer in ImageMagick allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) by converting a circularly defined SVG file.

References (9)

Core 9
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1237
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/01/4
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/89348
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/02/14
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3746
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/01/6
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.graphicsmagick.org/ChangeLog-2016.html

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0218
EPSS Percentile 80.2%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (1)
graphicsmagick/graphicsmagick < 1.3.23
Published Feb 27, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026