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FKIE_CVE-2016-9559

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-03-01 15:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:56
Summary
coders/tiff.c in ImageMagick before 7.0.3.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a crafted image.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3726Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/19/7Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/23/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94489Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/11/19/imagemagick-null-pointer-must-never-be-null-tiff-c/Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/b61d35eaccc0a7ddeff8a1c3abfcd0a43ccf210bIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/298Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3726Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/19/7Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/23/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94489Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/11/19/imagemagick-null-pointer-must-never-be-null-tiff-c/Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/b61d35eaccc0a7ddeff8a1c3abfcd0a43ccf210bIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/298Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products

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