CVE-2016-3717 Path traversal in n/a

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

Remote attackers can read arbitrary files via a crafted image processed by the ImageMagick LABEL coder.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2016-3717?

CVE-2016-3717 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 5 May 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The LABEL coder in ImageMagick before 6.9.3-10 and 7.x before 7.0.1-1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted image.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-3717?

It affects 10 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Imagemagick Imagemagick, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop, Redhat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node, Redhat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node Eus, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server and 4 more.

How do I fix CVE-2016-3717?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2016-3717 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-3717 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-3717, GHSA-cc28-64rq-q7jg, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3717.

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