CVE-2016-10252

Description

Memory leak in the IsOptionMember function in MagickCore/option.c in ImageMagick before 6.9.2-2, as used in ODR-PadEnc and other products, allows attackers to trigger memory consumption.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.83% Top 30%
Vendor Advisory debian.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=857426 issue tracking third party advisory
https://github.com/Opendigitalradio/ODR-PadEnc/issues/2 third party advisory
http://git.imagemagick.org/repos/ImageMagick/commit/6790815c75bdea0357df5564345847856e995d6b issue tracking third party advisory patch
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3808 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-10252?
CVE-2016-10252 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-10252?
To fix CVE-2016-10252, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2016-10252 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2016-10252 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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