CVE-2016-9298 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via a crafted image due to a heap overflow in ImageMagick's wavelet denoising function.
- 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-2016-9298?
CVE-2016-9298 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Imagemagick Imagemagick, published on 27 Jan 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
Heap overflow in the WaveletDenoiseImage function in MagickCore/fx.c in ImageMagick before 6.9.6-4 and 7.x before 7.0.3-6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted image.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-9298?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Imagemagick Imagemagick.
How do I fix CVE-2016-9298?
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-2016-9298 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-9298 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Imagemagick Imagemagick
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9298, GHSA-8f6x-7gf8-r8pq.