CVE-2016-10071 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via a crafted MAT file due to an out-of-bounds read 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-2016-10071?
CVE-2016-10071 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
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-2016-10071?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Imagemagick Imagemagick.
How do I fix CVE-2016-10071?
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-2016-10071 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-10071 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Imagemagick Imagemagick
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10071, GHSA-vmgj-h9rj-pq48, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10071.