CVE-2016-10061

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-03-03 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-252

Description

The ReadGROUP4Image function in coders/tiff.c in ImageMagick before 7.0.1-10 does not check the return value of the fputc function, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted image file.

Affected products

ImageMagick: before 6.9.4-8; from 7.0.0-0 before 7.0.1-10 — fixed in 6.9.4-8, 7.0.1-10

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: ImageMagick 6.9.4-8, 7.0.1-10. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/26/9
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95207
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1410471
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/4e914bbe371433f0590cefdf3bd5f3a5710069f9
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/196
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/26/9
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95207
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1410471
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/4e914bbe371433f0590cefdf3bd5f3a5710069f9
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/196

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