CVE-2016-9830 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the application by providing a JPEG image with large dimensions, affecting systems using 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-2016-9830?
CVE-2016-9830 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 1 Mar 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 MagickRealloc function in memory.c in Graphicsmagick 1.3.25 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via large dimensions in a jpeg image.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-9830?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Debian Debian Linux, Graphicsmagick Graphicsmagick, Opensuse Leap, Opensuse Opensuse.
How do I fix CVE-2016-9830?
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-2016-9830 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-9830 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9830, GHSA-w9qw-rw42-h8cw, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9830.