CVE-2016-10060 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

Remote attackers can crash the application by providing a crafted file due to unchecked return values in ImageMagick.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2016-10060?

CVE-2016-10060 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Imagemagick Imagemagick, published on 2 Mar 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The ConcatenateImages function in MagickWand/magick-cli.c in ImageMagick before 7.0.1-10 does not check the return value of the fputc function, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted file.

Weakness: CWE-252

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-10060?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Imagemagick Imagemagick.

How do I fix CVE-2016-10060?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2016-10060 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-10060 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Imagemagick Imagemagick vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10060, GHSA-gq3x-86g7-5jrc.

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