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CVE-2016-5240 Details

Description

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.5 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://hg.graphicsmagick.org/hg/GraphicsMagick?cmd=changeset%3Bnode=ddc999ec896c CVE
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1237 CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3746 CVE
http://www.graphicsmagick.org/ChangeLog-2016.html CVERelease NotesVendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/01/4 CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory

see all 18 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-20Improper Input Validation[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
graphicsmagick graphicsmagick
<= 1.3.23

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:graphicsmagick:graphicsmagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

9 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-5240
NVD Published Date:
Feb 27, 2017
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2016-5240 Details - Not Deferred