CVE-2016-6520

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2016-08-01
CWE:
CWE-125
Bugzilla:
1364357: CVE-2016-6520 ImageMagick: out-of-bounds read in enhance.c

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Buffer overflow in MagickCore/enhance.c in ImageMagick before 7.0.2-7 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors related to pixel cache morphology.

Find out more about CVE-2016-6520 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 5.8
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial

CVSS v3 metrics

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

CVSS3 Base Score 4
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Low

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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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