CVE-2016-10050 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service or potentially execute code via a crafted RLE file due to a heap-based buffer overflow in ImageMagick.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2016-10050?
CVE-2016-10050 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Imagemagick Imagemagick, published on 23 Mar 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the ReadRLEImage function in coders/rle.c in ImageMagick 6.9.4-8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or have other unspecified impact via a crafted RLE file.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-10050?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Imagemagick Imagemagick, Opensuse Leap.
How do I fix CVE-2016-10050?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2016-10050 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-10050 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Imagemagick Imagemagick
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10050, GHSA-c3fp-g3hp-p3jr, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10050.