CVE-2016-8862 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2016-8862?

CVE-2016-8862 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 15 Feb 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

The AcquireMagickMemory function in MagickCore/memory.c in ImageMagick before 7.0.3.3 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted image, which triggers a memory allocation failure.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-8862?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Imagemagick Imagemagick.

How do I fix CVE-2016-8862?

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-2016-8862 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-8862 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 DEBIAN-CVE-2016-8862, GHSA-7g48-q8g6-cj95, SUSE-SU-2016:2894-1, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8862.