CVE-2016-2318 Null dereference in n/a

What is CVE-2016-2318?

CVE-2016-2318 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 3 Feb 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

GraphicsMagick 1.3.23 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted SVG file, related to the (1) DrawImage function in magick/render.c, (2) SVGStartElement function in coders/svg.c, and (3) TraceArcPath function in magick/render.c.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-2318?

It affects 7 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Graphicsmagick Graphicsmagick, Opensuse Leap, Opensuse Opensuse, Suse Linux Enterprise Debuginfo, Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit and 1 more.

How do I fix CVE-2016-2318?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2016-2318 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-2318 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Debian Debian Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2318, GHSA-5mmj-6x72-cg2x, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2318.