CVE-2016-6491 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2016-6491

Buffer overflow in the Get8BIMProperty function in MagickCore/property.c in ImageMagick...

Vulnerability Description

Buffer overflow in the Get8BIMProperty function in MagickCore/property.c in ImageMagick before 6.9.5-4 and 7.x before 7.0.2-6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read, memory leak, and crash) via a crafted image.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

imagemagick

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Affected Software

imagemagick, solaris
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 7.0.1-0, 7.0.1-1, 7.0.1-2, 7.0.1-3, 7.0.1-4, 7.0.1-5, 7.0.1-6, 7.0.1-7, 7.0.1-8, 7.0.1-9, 7.0.1-10, 7.0.2-0, 7.0.2-1, 7.0.2-2, 7.0.2-3, 7.0.2-4, 7.0.2-5, 10.0, 11.3

Timeline

Official Publish: December 13th, 2016
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.