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CVE-2016-10062

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-03-02 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-388

Description

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

Affected products

• ImageMagick: before 7.0.1-10 — fixed in 7.0.1-10

How to fix

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

References

• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3799
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/26/9
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95209
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1410473
• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/196
• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3799
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/26/9
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95209
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1410473
• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/196

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