7.8
HIGH
CVE-2016-10049
ImageMagick Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Description

Buffer overflow in the ReadRLEImage function in coders/rle.c in ImageMagick before 6.9.4-4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or have other unspecified impact via a crafted RLE file.

INFO

Published Date :

March 23, 2017, 5:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 16, 2020, 8 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-10049 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Imagemagick imagemagick
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2016-10049.

URL Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/26/9 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95180 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1410452 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/13db820f5e24cd993ee554e99377fea02a904e18 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/3e9165285eda6e1bb71172031d3048b51bb443a4 Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory
https://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=29710 Third Party Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-10049 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 16, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/13db820f5e24cd993ee554e99377fea02a904e18 No Types Assigned https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/13db820f5e24cd993ee554e99377fea02a904e18 Patch, Vendor Advisory
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 13, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/13db820f5e24cd993ee554e99377fea02a904e18 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 25, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description Buffer overflow in the ReadRLEImage function in coders/rle.c in ImageMagick before 6.9.4-4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or other unspecified impact via a crafted RLE file. Buffer overflow in the ReadRLEImage function in coders/rle.c in ImageMagick before 6.9.4-4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or have other unspecified impact via a crafted RLE file.
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 24, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1410452 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1410452 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=29710 No Types Assigned https://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=29710 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/3e9165285eda6e1bb71172031d3048b51bb443a4 No Types Assigned https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/3e9165285eda6e1bb71172031d3048b51bb443a4 Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95180 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95180 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/26/9 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/26/9 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-119
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:6.9.4-3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.93 }} 0.07%

score

0.83481

percentile

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