CVE-2016-8866
High
CVE-2016-8866
The AcquireMagickMemory function in MagickCore/memory.c in ImageMagick 7.0.3.3 before 7.0.3.8 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted image, which triggers a memory allocation failure. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-8862.
Exploit probability
4.6%
Published
February 15, 2017
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 7, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
58 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2016-8866
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The AcquireMagickMemory function in MagickCore/memory.c in ImageMagick 7.0.3.3 before 7.0.3.8 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted image, which triggers a memory allocation failure. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-8862.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00085.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2017-01/msg00006.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00141.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/20/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/21/5
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/10/20/imagemagick-memory-allocation-failure-in-acquiremagickmemory-memory-c-incomplete-fix-for-cve-2016-8862/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1388816
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/271