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CVE-2016-9298

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
• 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: 2017-01-27 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Heap overflow in the WaveletDenoiseImage function in MagickCore/fx.c in ImageMagick before 6.9.6-4 and 7.x before 7.0.3-6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted image.

Affected products

• ImageMagick: through 6.9.6-3; 7.0.1-0, 7.0.1-1, 7.0.1-2, 7.0.1-3, 7.0.1-4, 7.0.1-5 (+22)

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/13/1
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/14/10
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94310
• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/3cbfb163cff9e5b8cdeace8312e9bfee810ed02b
• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/296
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-09
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/13/1
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/14/10
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94310
• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/3cbfb163cff9e5b8cdeace8312e9bfee810ed02b
• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/296
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-09

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