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.

• CWE-119

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00085.htmlBroken Link, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2017-01/msg00006.htmlBroken Link, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00141.htmlBroken Link, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/20/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/21/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/10/20/imagemagick-memory-allocation-failure-in-acquiremagickmemory-memory-c-incomplete-fix-for-cve-2016-8862/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1388816Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/271Exploit, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00085.htmlBroken Link, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2017-01/msg00006.htmlBroken Link, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00141.htmlBroken Link, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/20/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/21/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/10/20/imagemagick-memory-allocation-failure-in-acquiremagickmemory-memory-c-incomplete-fix-for-cve-2016-8862/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1388816Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/271Exploit, Third Party Advisory

Published

Feb 15, 2017

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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