CVE-2016-8707

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2016-12-23 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-787

Description

An exploitable out of bounds write exists in the handling of compressed TIFF images in ImageMagicks's convert utility. A crafted TIFF document can lead to an out of bounds write which in particular circumstances could be leveraged into remote code execution. The vulnerability can be triggered through any user controlled TIFF that is handled by this functionality.

Affected products

Debian Linux: 8.0
ImageMagick: 7.0.3-1

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3799
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94727
http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0216/
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3799
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94727
http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0216/

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