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CVE-2016-8866 (GCVE-0-2016-8866)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-02-15 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 02:35
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Summary
The AcquireMagickMemory function in MagickCore/memory.c in ImageMagick 7.0.3.3 before 7.0.3.8 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted image, which triggers a memory allocation failure. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-8862.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2016-10-20 00:00
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    "redhat_vex": {
      "aggregate_severity": "Moderate",
      "current_release_date": "2026-05-13T01:17:38+00:00",
      "cve": "CVE-2016-8866",
      "id": "CVE-2016-8866",
      "initial_release_date": "2016-10-20T00:00:00+00:00",
      "product_status:known_affected": "16",
      "source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
      "status": "final",
      "title": "ImageMagick: Memory allocation failure in AcquireMagickMemory (incomplete fix for CVE-2016-8862)",
      "url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2016/cve-2016-8866.json",
      "version": "3"
    },
    "suse_vex": {
      "aggregate_severity": "moderate",
      "current_release_date": "2026-07-31T01:47:36Z",
      "cve": "CVE-2016-8866",
      "id": "CVE-2016-8866",
      "initial_release_date": "2023-02-15T04:56:32Z",
      "product_status:known_affected": "1",
      "product_status:recommended": "218",
      "source": "SUSE CSAF VEX",
      "status": "interim",
      "title": "SUSE CVE CVE-2016-8866",
      "url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf-vex/cve-2016-8866.json",
      "version": "13"
    }
  }
}



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