CVE-2016-8677
mediumpriority · track · 36EPSS 0.039 · 90 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
The AcquireQuantumPixels function in MagickCore/quantum.c in ImageMagick before 7.0.3-1 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted image file, which triggers a memory allocation failure.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.8–8.8
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affected products (5)
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also known as (3)
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references (24)
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- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-10/msg00107.htmlcnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/16/1cnnvd
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/10/07/imagemagick-memory-allocate-failure-in-acquirequantumpixels-quantum-c/cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1385698cnnvd
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/6e48aa92ff4e6e95424300ecd52a9ea453c19c60cnnvd
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/268cnnvd
- https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3726cnnvd
- https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93598cnnvd
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