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CVE-2016-5240 (GCVE-0-2016-5240)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-02-27 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 00:53

Summary

The DrawDashPolygon function in magick/render.c in GraphicsMagick before 1.3.24 and the SVG renderer in ImageMagick allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) by converting a circularly defined SVG file.

Severity

5.5 (Medium)


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

CWE

Assigner

mitre CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard E 27/100 over 2307 records in the last 180 days details

References

9 references

URL	Tags
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/01/4	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/89348	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/0…	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3746	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/01/6	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.graphicsmagick.org/ChangeLog-2016.html	x_refsource_CONFIRM
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Date Public

2016-05-01 00:00

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CNVD-2016-03931

Vulnerability from cnvd - Published: 2016-06-13

Title

GraphicsMagick svg文件拒绝服务漏洞

Description

GraphicsMagick是一套简单的图像处理工具。 GraphicsMagick处理循环定义的svg文件存在拒绝服务漏洞，远程攻击者可利用漏洞构建恶意文件，诱使应用解析，可使应用程序崩溃。

Severity

中

Patch Name

GraphicsMagick svg文件拒绝服务漏洞的补丁

Patch Description

GraphicsMagick是一套简单的图像处理工具。 GraphicsMagick处理循环定义的svg文件存在拒绝服务漏洞，远程攻击者可利用漏洞构建恶意文件，诱使应用解析，可使应用程序崩溃。目前，供应商发布了安全公告及相关补丁信息，修复了此漏洞。

Formal description

用户可参考如下厂商提供的安全补丁以修复该漏洞： http://www.graphicsmagick.org/

Reference

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/02/14

Impacted products

Name
GraphicsMagick GraphicsMagick

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FKIE_CVE-2016-5240

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-02-27 22:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:49

Severity

5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Summary

References

URL	Tags
cve@mitre.org	http://hg.graphicsmagick.org/hg/GraphicsMagick?cmd=changeset%3Bnode=ddc999ec896c
cve@mitre.org	http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3746
cve@mitre.org	http://www.graphicsmagick.org/ChangeLog-2016.html	Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/01/4	Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/01/6	Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/02/14	Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
cve@mitre.org	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/89348	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org	https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1237
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://hg.graphicsmagick.org/hg/GraphicsMagick?cmd=changeset%3Bnode=ddc999ec896c
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3746
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.graphicsmagick.org/ChangeLog-2016.html	Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/01/4	Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/01/6	Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/02/14	Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/89348	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1237

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	graphicsmagick	graphicsmagick	*

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GHSA-96Q6-WWHR-92H9

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-14 03:22 – Updated: 2025-04-20 03:33

Details

Severity

5.5 (Medium)


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

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JSON

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2016-5240"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
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    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
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  "id": "GHSA-96q6-wwhr-92h9",
  "modified": "2025-04-20T03:33:26Z",
  "published": "2022-05-14T03:22:57Z",
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    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
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}

GSD-2016-5240

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:21

Details

Aliases

CVE-2016-5240

Aliases

CVE-2016-5240

JSON

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      "https://advisories.mageia.org/CVE-2016-5240.html",
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RHSA-2016:1237

Vulnerability from csaf_opensuse - Published: 2016-06-16 00:00 - Updated: 2026-09-20 10:56

Summary

security update for ImageMagick

Severity

Important

Scope

7 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2016-5240.

CVE-2016-5240

5.5 (Medium)


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

Recommended: 10 products

Open the full advisory

RHSA-2016_1237

Vulnerability from csaf_redhat - Published: 2016-06-16 22:47 - Updated: 2024-11-22 10:09

Summary

Red Hat Security Advisory: ImageMagick security update

Severity

Important

Scope

7 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2016-5240.

CVE-2016-5240

4.3 ()


                
                  AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Fixed: 581 products

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1237

Open the full advisory

SUSE-SU-2016:1783-1

Vulnerability from csaf_suse - Published: 2016-07-11 10:12 - Updated: 2026-09-20 12:15

Summary

Security update for GraphicsMagick

Severity

Important

Scope

37 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2016-5240.

CVE-2016-5240

5.5 (Medium)


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

Recommended: 62 products

Open the full advisory

UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5240 (CVE-2016-5240)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2017-02-27 22:59 – Updated: 2026-04-22 07:38 – Source website

Details

Severity

5.5 (Medium)


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

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5240	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5240	REPORT

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