CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2016-5689

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Dec 13, 2016 | Modified: Apr 12, 2025
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
4.3 LOW
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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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 NULL pointer checks.

Weakness

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
SolarisOracle11.3 (including)11.3 (including)
ImagemagickUbuntudevel*
ImagemagickUbuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
ImagemagickUbuntuesm-infra/xenial*
ImagemagickUbuntuprecise*
ImagemagickUbuntutrusty*
ImagemagickUbuntutrusty/esm*
ImagemagickUbuntuupstream*
ImagemagickUbuntuwily*
ImagemagickUbuntuxenial*
ImagemagickUbuntuyakkety*

Potential Mitigations

References