CVE-2016-8866 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2016-8866?

CVE-2016-8866 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Imagemagick Imagemagick, 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 7.0.3.3 before 7.0.3.8 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted image, which triggers a memory allocation failure. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-8862.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-8866?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Imagemagick Imagemagick, Opensuse Leap, Opensuse Opensuse.

How do I fix CVE-2016-8866?

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-2016-8866 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-8866 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Imagemagick Imagemagick

• CVE-2019-19952 Use after free in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-16328 Null dereference in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-16329 Null dereference in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-18210 Null dereference in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-14138 Denial of service in n/a Critical 9.8

All Imagemagick Imagemagick vulnerabilities

Sources

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

Also known as GHSA-v56x-jxjp-g3fg, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8866.