CVE-2016-7539

Memory leak in AcquireVirtualMemory in ImageMagick before 7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via unspecified vectors.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 7.8 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=28946	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/22/2	Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93232	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=833101	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1378776	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/4e81ce8b07219c69a9aeccb0f7f7b927ca6db74c	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=28946	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/22/2	Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93232	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=833101	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1378776	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/4e81ce8b07219c69a9aeccb0f7f7b927ca6db74c	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2017-07-25 14:29

Updated : 2025-04-20 01:37

NVD link : CVE-2016-7539

Mitre link : CVE-2016-7539

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-7539

JSON object : View

Products Affected

imagemagick

imagemagick

CWE

CWE-399

Resource Management Errors

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