CVE-2016-9559
MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: March 1, 2017 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:56 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxImageMagick
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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
Description
coders/tiff.c in ImageMagick before 7.0.3.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a crafted image.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%v < 6.9.6-57.0.0-0 ≤ v < 7.0.3-7
Affected range stops below 6.9.6-5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 7.0.3-7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3726
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/19/7
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/11/19/imagemagick-null-pointer-must-never-be-null-tiff-c/
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/b61d35eaccc0a7ddeff8a1c3abfcd0a43ccf210b
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/298
References (7)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3726Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/19/7Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/23/4VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94489x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/11/19/imagemagick-null-pointer-must-never-be-null-tiff-c/x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/b61d35eaccc0a7ddeff8a1c3abfcd0a43ccf210bx_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/298CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-476
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