CVE-2016-5691

Publication date 24 June 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8 · Critical

Score breakdown

Description

The DCM reader in ImageMagick before 6.9.4-5 and 7.x before 7.0.1-7 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact by leveraging lack of validation of (1) pixel.red, (2) pixel.green, and (3) pixel.blue.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
imagemagick 16.10 yakkety
Fixed 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu8.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.2
15.10 wily Ignored end of life
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.2
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 8:6.6.9.7-5ubuntu3.5

Notes

mdeslaur

This is 0134-Add-additional-checks-to-DCM-reader-to-prevent-data-.patch

Patch details

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Package Patch details
imagemagick

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 9.8 · Critical

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3131-1
    • ImageMagick vulnerabilities
    • 21 November 2016

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