CVE-2016-10061 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via a crafted image 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-2016-10061?
CVE-2016-10061 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Imagemagick Imagemagick, published on 3 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 ReadGROUP4Image function in coders/tiff.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 (crash) via a crafted image file.
Weakness: CWE-252
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-10061?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Imagemagick Imagemagick.
How do I fix CVE-2016-10061?
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-2016-10061 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-10061 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Imagemagick Imagemagick
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10061, GHSA-v6h2-v25p-vq52, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10061.