CVE-2016-8866

ImageMagick: Memory allocation failure in AcquireMagickMemory (incomplete fix for CVE-2016-8862)

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

3.3

CVSS 3.0

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Published · October 20, 2016

Updated · May 13, 2026

Description

The AcquireMagickMemory function in MagickCore/memory.c in ImageMagick 7.0.3.3 before 7.0.3.8 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted image, which triggers a memory allocation failure. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-8862.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 3.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CVSS 2.0 · 4.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWE-119 · Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer