CVE-2016-8707

Publication date 23 December 2016

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

An exploitable out of bounds write exists in the handling of compressed TIFF images in ImageMagicks's convert utility. A crafted TIFF document can lead to an out of bounds write which in particular circumstances could be leveraged into remote code execution. The vulnerability can be triggered through any user controlled TIFF that is handled by this functionality.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
imagemagick	16.10 yakkety	Fixed 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu8.4
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.5
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.5
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 8:6.6.9.7-5ubuntu3.8

Notes

mdeslaur

This is 0175-Fix-possible-buffer-overflow-when-writing-compressed.patch and 0176-Fix-possible-buffer-overflow-when-writing-compressed.patch

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.8 · High
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-3222-1
ImageMagick vulnerabilities
8 March 2017