CVE-2016-10062

Publication date 31 December 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

The ReadGROUP4Image function in coders/tiff.c in ImageMagick does not check the return value of the fwrite function, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted file.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
imagemagick	16.10 yakkety	Fixed 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu8.4
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.5
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.5
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 8:6.6.9.7-5ubuntu3.8

Notes

mdeslaur

This is 0182-Detect-write-error-in-ReadGROUP4Image.patch

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.5 · Medium
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-3222-1
ImageMagick vulnerabilities
8 March 2017