CVE-2016-8684 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via a crafted image triggering memory allocation failure in GraphicsMagick.
- 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-2016-8684?
CVE-2016-8684 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 15 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
The MagickMalloc function in magick/memory.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.25 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted image, which triggers a memory allocation failure and a "file truncation error for corrupt file."
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-8684?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Debian Debian Linux, Graphicsmagick Graphicsmagick, Opensuse Opensuse.
How do I fix CVE-2016-8684?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2016-8684 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-8684 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-8684, GHSA-574g-c95j-4989, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8684.