CVE-2016-7540 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via assertion failure when converting images to RGF format in ImageMagick.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2016-7540?
CVE-2016-7540 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Imagemagick Imagemagick, published on 20 Apr 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
coders/rgf.c in ImageMagick before 6.9.4-10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure) by converting an image to rgf format.
Weakness: CWE-19
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-7540?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Imagemagick Imagemagick.
How do I fix CVE-2016-7540?
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-2016-7540 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-7540 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Imagemagick Imagemagick
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-7540, GHSA-hgfg-chr5-49pc, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7540.