Medium severity · published Mar 2, 2017
CVE-2016-10068
The MSL interpreter in ImageMagick before 6.9.6-4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and application crash) via a crafted XML file
5.5
CVSS
2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The MSL interpreter in ImageMagick before 6.9.6-4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and application crash) via a crafted XML file.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.0% · higher than 80% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
IM
Imagemagick · Imagemagick
through 6.9.6-3 · source: NVD
LE
Leap · Opensuse
42.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10068
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-10068
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-02/msg00028.html
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-02/msg00031.html
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/26/9
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95219
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1410500
Patch
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/56d6e20de489113617cbbddaf41e92600a34db22
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