CVE-2016-10065 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via a crafted file in ImageMagick, requiring an upgrade to mitigate.
- 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-2016-10065?
CVE-2016-10065 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Imagemagick Imagemagick, published on 3 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 ReadVIFFImage function in coders/viff.c in ImageMagick before 7.0.1-0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or have other unspecified impact via a crafted file.
Weakness: CWE-284
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-10065?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Imagemagick Imagemagick, Opensuse Leap.
How do I fix CVE-2016-10065?
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-2016-10065 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-10065 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Imagemagick Imagemagick
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10065, GHSA-gffw-jc7q-499g, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10065.