CVE-2016-5842 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2016-5842?

CVE-2016-5842 is a high-severity vulnerability in Imagemagick Imagemagick, published on 13 Dec 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

MagickCore/property.c in ImageMagick before 7.0.2-1 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive memory information via vectors involving the q variable, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-5842?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Imagemagick Imagemagick, Oracle Solaris.

How do I fix CVE-2016-5842?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2016-5842 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-5842 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

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

Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2016-5842, DEBIAN-CVE-2016-5842, GHSA-vpcg-r56g-2qv7, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5842.