CVSS 3.0
5.5 mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HCVE-2016-9773
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.
Severity
- EPSS
- 1.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 78% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWEs
- CWE-119, CWE-125
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- imagemagick:imagemagick
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/01/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/02/11
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/02/12
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/12/01/imagemagick-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-ispixelgray-pixel-accessor-h-incomplete-fix-for-cve-2016-9556/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/01/4