CVE-2016-5240
Moderate
CVE-2016-5240
The DrawDashPolygon function in magick/render.c in GraphicsMagick before 1.3.24 and the SVG renderer in ImageMagick allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) by converting a circularly defined SVG file.
Exploit probability
2.2%
Published
February 27, 2017
Required by
Not available
Last source change
April 16, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2016-5240
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The DrawDashPolygon function in magick/render.c in GraphicsMagick before 1.3.24 and the SVG renderer in ImageMagick allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) by converting a circularly defined SVG file.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://hg.graphicsmagick.org/hg/GraphicsMagick?cmd=changeset%3Bnode=ddc999ec896c
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3746
- http://www.graphicsmagick.org/ChangeLog-2016.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/01/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/01/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/02/14
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/89348
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1237