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CVE-2016-5687

Published: 24 June 2016

The VerticalFilter function in the DDS coder in ImageMagick before 6.9.4-3 and 7.x before 7.0.1-4 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted DDS file, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.

Notes

AuthorNote
seth-arnold
The "fix" turns an error into a warning. I suspect it's broken.
mdeslaur
This is 0129-Raise-warning-instead-of-error-because-we-return-the.patch,
0128-Removed-incorrect-EOF-check.patch

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
imagemagick
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
precise
Released (8:6.6.9.7-5ubuntu3.5)
upstream
Released (8:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u4)
trusty
Released (8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.2)
wily Ignored
(end of life)
xenial
Released (8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.2)
yakkety
Released (8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu8.1)
Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/c023c438c61801e68ea86efc93c3577269f1a1ac
upstream: https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/0b7172f2ba2c9e664d4df148e7d6e14a50edb57a

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H