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CVE-2016-10144

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 5.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-03-24 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-284

Description

coders/ipl.c in ImageMagick allows remote attackers to have unspecific impact by leveraging a missing malloc check.

Affected products

• ImageMagick: before 6.9.7-1 — fixed in 6.9.7-1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: ImageMagick 6.9.7-1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3799
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/16/6
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/17/5
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95750
• https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=851485
• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/97566cf2806c0a5a86e884c96831a0c3b1ec6c20
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-09
• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3799
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/16/6
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/17/5
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95750
• https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=851485

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