CVE-2016-9773

MEDIUM

Imagemagick - Memory Corruption

Title source: rule

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the IsPixelGray function in MagickCore/pixel-accessor.h in ImageMagick 7.0.3.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read) via a crafted image file. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-9556.

References (4)

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/01/4

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/02/11

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/02/12

[Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/12/01/imagemagick-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-ispixelgray-pixel-accessor-h-incomplete-fix-for-cve-2016-9556/

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0047

EPSS Percentile 64.4%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-119 CWE-125

Status published

Affected Products (2)

imagemagick/imagemagick

n/a/n/a

Timeline

Published Feb 17, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026