CVE-2016-9556

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 5.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00040.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3726Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/23/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/01/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/02/12Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94492Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/11/19/imagemagick-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-ispixelgray-pixel-accessor-hThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1398198Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/ce98a7acbcfca7f0a178f4b1e7b957e419e0cc99Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00040.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3726Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/23/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/01/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/02/12Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94492Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/11/19/imagemagick-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-ispixelgray-pixel-accessor-hThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1398198Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/ce98a7acbcfca7f0a178f4b1e7b957e419e0cc99Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Mar 23, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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