CVE-2016-5690

The ReadDCMImage function in DCM reader in ImageMagick before 6.9.4-5 and 7.x before 7.0.1-7 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors involving the for statement in computing the pixel scaling table.

Weakness

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

Affected Software

Potential Mitigations

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/14/5
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/3
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91283
• https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/46-Various-invalid-memory-reads-in-ImageMagick-WPG%2C-DDS%2C-DCM.html
• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/blob/6.9.4-5/ChangeLog
• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/blob/7.0.1-7/ChangeLog
• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/5511ef530576ed18fd636baa3bb4eda3d667665d