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CVE-2016-6823

Published: 25 August 2016

Integer overflow in the BMP coder in ImageMagick before 7.0.2-10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted height and width values, which triggers an out-of-bounds write.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
This is 0148-Prevent-buffer-overflow-in-BMP-coder.patch

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
imagemagick
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
precise
Released (8:6.6.9.7-5ubuntu3.5)
trusty
Released (8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.2)
upstream
Released (8:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u4)
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/4cc6ec8a4197d4c008577127736bf7985d632323

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H