7.5
HIGH
CVE-2016-6823
ImageMagick Integer Overflow Denial of Service
Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 18, 2017, 5:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 28, 2021, 4:32 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-6823 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-2016-6823.

URL Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/26/3 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93158 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=834504 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/4cc6ec8a4197d4c008577127736bf7985d632323 Patch Third Party Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-6823 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
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 28, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/4cc6ec8a4197d4c008577127736bf7985d632323 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/4cc6ec8a4197d4c008577127736bf7985d632323 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 7.0.2-9 OR *cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 6.9.10-50 *cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 7.0.0-0 up to (excluding) 7.0.2-10
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 23, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93158 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93158 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 20, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93158 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 19, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=834504 No Types Assigned https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=834504 Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking, Patch
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/26/3 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/26/3 Third Party Advisory, Mailing List, Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/4cc6ec8a4197d4c008577127736bf7985d632323 No Types Assigned https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/4cc6ec8a4197d4c008577127736bf7985d632323 Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking, Patch
    Added CWE CWE-190
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.2-9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

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

0.44 }} 0.00%

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0.70864

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