CVE-2016-8866
Publication date 15 February 2017
Last updated 25 August 2025
Ubuntu priority
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.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| imagemagick | ||
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored | |
Notes
mdeslaur
incomplete fix of CVE-2016-8862 Upstream says it's an issue with address sanitizer throwing the error before malloc() and mmap() return failure. Marking as ignored.
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
8.8 · High
|
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity impact | High |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |