CVE-2016-10062 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the application by providing a crafted TIFF file due to unchecked fwrite return values 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-2016-10062?
CVE-2016-10062 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Imagemagick Imagemagick, published on 2 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
The ReadGROUP4Image function in coders/tiff.c in ImageMagick does not check the return value of the fwrite function, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted file.
Weakness: CWE-388
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-10062?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Imagemagick Imagemagick.
How do I fix CVE-2016-10062?
Apply the vendor's patch.
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-2016-10062 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-10062 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Imagemagick Imagemagick
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10062, GHSA-rvg9-g4rg-6wfj, MINI-h3h4-w5q6-jv83, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10062.