CVE-2016-5842

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2016-06-22
CWE:
CWE-200
Bugzilla:
1350461: CVE-2016-5842 ImageMagick: Information leak in MagickCore/property.c

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

MagickCore/property.c in ImageMagick before 7.0.2-1 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive memory information via vectors involving the q variable, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.

Find out more about CVE-2016-5842 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

This issue did not affect the versions of ImageMagick as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and 7.

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:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 6.2
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 ImageMagick Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 ImageMagick Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 ImageMagick Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 ImageMagick Not affected

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