CVE-2016-9298 (GCVE-0-2016-9298)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-01-27 22:01 – Updated: 2024-08-06 02:50
VLAI
Summary
Heap overflow in the WaveletDenoiseImage function in MagickCore/fx.c in ImageMagick before 6.9.6-4 and 7.x before 7.0.3-6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted image.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2016-10-31 00:00
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