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CVE-2016-9556 (GCVE-0-2016-9556)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-03-23 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 02:50
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Summary
The IsPixelGray function in MagickCore/pixel-accessor.h in ImageMagick 7.0.3-8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read) via a crafted image file.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2016-11-17 00:00
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    "redhat_vex": {
      "aggregate_severity": "Low",
      "current_release_date": "2026-05-13T03:53:57+00:00",
      "cve": "CVE-2016-9556",
      "id": "CVE-2016-9556",
      "initial_release_date": "2016-11-19T00:00:00+00:00",
      "product_status:known_affected": "16",
      "source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
      "status": "final",
      "title": "ImageMagick: Heap-buffer overflow in IsPixelGray in pixel-accessor.h",
      "url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2016/cve-2016-9556.json",
      "version": "3"
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      "aggregate_severity": "moderate",
      "current_release_date": "2025-10-07T10:46:16Z",
      "cve": "CVE-2016-9556",
      "id": "CVE-2016-9556",
      "initial_release_date": "2023-02-15T04:55:38Z",
      "product_status:known_affected": "1",
      "product_status:recommended": "210",
      "source": "SUSE CSAF VEX",
      "status": "interim",
      "title": "SUSE CVE CVE-2016-9556",
      "url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf-vex/cve-2016-9556.json",
      "version": "11"
    }
  }
}



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