CVE-2016-3717

Public Exploit

Description

The LABEL coder in ImageMagick before 6.9.3-10 and 7.x before 7.0.1-1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted image.

Category

5.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 42.68% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory slackware.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory imagemagick.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://git.imagemagick.org/repos/ImageMagick/blob/a01518e08c840577cabd7d3ff291a9ba735f7276/ChangeLog patch
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00028.html vendor advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
https://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=29588 vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00051.html vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2990-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00025.html vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538378/100/0/threaded mailing list
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39767/ exploit
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00024.html vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00009.html mailing list
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/03/18 third party advisory mailing list
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-21 vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00032.html vendor advisory
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.440568 vendor advisory
https://www.imagemagick.org/script/changelog.php
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3580 vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0726.html third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-3717?
CVE-2016-3717 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-3717?
To fix CVE-2016-3717, 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-2016-3717 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2016-3717 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~43% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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