CVE-2016-10070 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via a crafted MAT 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-2016-10070?
CVE-2016-10070 is a medium-severity memory corruption 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
Heap-based buffer overflow in the CalcMinMax function in coders/mat.c in ImageMagick before 6.9.4-0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted mat file.
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-10070?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Imagemagick Imagemagick, Opensuse Leap.
How do I fix CVE-2016-10070?
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-2016-10070 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-10070 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Imagemagick Imagemagick
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10070, GHSA-6289-pgqj-g67g, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10070.