CVE-2016-5689

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2016-06-14
CWE:
CWE-391
Bugzilla:
1348159: CVE-2016-5689 ImageMagick: Lack of null pointer check in ReadDCMImage()

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The DCM reader in ImageMagick before 6.9.4-5 and 7.x before 7.0.1-7 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact by leveraging lack of NULL pointer checks.

Find out more about CVE-2016-5689 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 4.3
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 ImageMagick Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 ImageMagick Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 ImageMagick Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 ImageMagick Will not fix

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