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CVE-2016-10050

Heap-based buffer overflow in the ReadRLEImage function in coders/rle.c in ImageMagick 6.9.4-8...

7.8 HighFix available

Heap-based buffer overflow in the ReadRLEImage function in coders/rle.c in ImageMagick 6.9.4-8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or have other unspecified impact via a crafted RLE file.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

2.10%Up 0.8 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.8

Heap-based buffer overflow in the ReadRLEImage function in coders/rle.c in ImageMagick 6.9.4-8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or have other unspecified impact via a crafted RLE file.

Record
CVE-2016-10050
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
6.8 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Heap-based buffer overflow in the ReadRLEImage function in coders/rle.c in ImageMagick 6.9.4-8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or have other unspecified impact via a crafted RLE file.

Record
CVE-2016-10050
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-1244 No score

Heap-based buffer overflow in the ReadRLEImage function in coders/rle.c in ImageMagick 6.9.4-8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or have other unspecified impact via a crafted RLE file.

Record
EUVD-2016-1244
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-c3fp-g3hp-p3jr 7.8

Heap-based buffer overflow in the ReadRLEImage function in coders/rle.c in ImageMagick 6.9.4-8...

Heap-based buffer overflow in the ReadRLEImage function in coders/rle.c in ImageMagick 6.9.4-8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or have other unspecified impact via a crafted RLE file.

Record
GHSA-c3fp-g3hp-p3jr
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 7.8

Heap-based buffer overflow in the ReadRLEImage function in coders/rle.c in ImageMagick 6.9.4-8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or have other unspecified impact via a crafted RLE file.

Record
CVE-2016-10050
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2016-10050 7.8

Heap-based buffer overflow in the ReadRLEImage function in coders/rle.c in ImageMagick 6.9.4-8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or have other unspecified impact via a crafted RLE file.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10050
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2016-10050 7.8

Heap-based buffer overflow in the ReadRLEImage function in coders/rle.c in ImageMagick 6.9.4-8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or have other unspecified impact via a crafted RLE file.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10050
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.0
7.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2017:0518-1 No score

Security update for GraphicsMagick

This update for GraphicsMagick fixes several issues.

These security issues were fixed:

  • CVE-2016-10048: Arbitrary module could have been load because relative path were not escaped (bsc#1017310).
  • CVE-2016-10049: Corrupt RLE files could have overflowed a buffer due to a incorrect length calculation (bsc#1017311).
  • CVE-2016-10050: Corrupt RLE files could have overflowed a heap buffer due to a missing offset check (bsc#1017312).
  • CVE-2016-10051: Fixed use after free when reading PWP files (bsc#1017313).
  • CVE-2016-10059: Unchecked calculation when reading TIFF files could have lead to a buffer overflow (bsc#1017318).
  • CVE-2016-10064: Improved checks for buffer overflow when reading TIFF files (bsc#1017321).
  • CVE-2016-10065: Unchecked calculations when reading VIFF files could have lead to out of bound reads (bsc#1017322).
  • CVE-2016-10068: Prevent NULL pointer access when using the MSL interpreter (bsc#1017324).
  • CVE-2016-10070: Prevent allocating the wrong amount of memory when reading mat files (bsc#1017326).
  • CVE-2016-10146: Captions and labels were handled incorrectly, causing a memory leak that could have lead to DoS (bsc#1020443).
  • CVE-2017-5511: A missing cast when reading PSD files could have caused memory corruption by a heap overflow (bsc#1020448).
Record
SUSE-SU-2017:0518-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2017:0529-1 No score

Security update for ImageMagick

This update for ImageMagick fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2016-10046: Prevent buffer overflow in draw.c caused by an incorrect length calculation (bsc#1017308)
  • CVE-2016-10048: Arbitrary module could have been load because relative path were not escaped (bsc#1017310)
  • CVE-2016-10049: Corrupt RLE files could have overflowed a buffer due to a incorrect length calculation (bsc#1017311)
  • CVE-2016-10050: Corrupt RLE files could have overflowed a heap buffer due to a missing offset check (bsc#1017312)
  • CVE-2016-10051: Fixed use after free when reading PWP files (bsc#1017313)
  • CVE-2016-10052: Added bound check to exif parsing of JPEG files (bsc#1017314)
  • CVE-2016-10059: Unchecked calculation when reading TIFF files could have lead to a buffer overflow (bsc#1017318)
  • CVE-2016-10060: Improved error handling when writing files to not mask errors (bsc#1017319)
  • CVE-2016-10061: Improved error handling when writing files to not mask errors (bsc#1017319).
  • CVE-2016-10062: Improved error handling when writing files to not mask errors (bsc#1017319).
  • CVE-2016-10063: Check validity of extend during TIFF file reading (bsc#1017320)
  • CVE-2016-10064: Improved checks for buffer overflow when reading TIFF files (bsc#1017321)
  • CVE-2016-10065: Unchecked calculations when reading VIFF files could have lead to out of bound reads (bsc#1017322)
  • CVE-2016-10068: Prevent NULL pointer access when using the MSL interpreter (bsc#1017324)
  • CVE-2016-10069: Add check for invalid mat file (bsc#1017325).
  • CVE-2016-10070: Prevent allocating the wrong amount of memory when reading mat files (bsc#1017326)
  • CVE-2016-10071: Prevent allocating the wrong amount of memory when reading mat files (bsc#1017326)
  • CVE-2016-10144: Added a check after allocating memory when parsing IPL files (bsc#1020433)
  • CVE-2016-10145: Fixed of-by-one in string copy operation when parsing WPG files (bsc#1020435)
  • CVE-2016-10146: Captions and labels were handled incorrectly, causing a memory leak that could have lead to DoS (bsc#1020443)
  • CVE-2017-5506: Missing offset check leading to a double-free (bsc#1020436)
  • CVE-2017-5507: Fixed a memory leak when reading MPC files allowing for DoS (bsc#1020439)
  • CVE-2017-5508: Increase the amount of memory allocated for TIFF pixels to prevent a heap buffer-overflow (bsc#1020441)
  • CVE-2017-5510: Prevent out-of-bounds write when reading PSD files (bsc#1020446).
  • CVE-2017-5511: A missing cast when reading PSD files could have caused memory corruption by a heap overflow (bsc#1020448)

This update removes the fix for CVE-2016-9773. ImageMagick-6 was not affected by CVE-2016-9773 and it caused a regression (at least in GraphicsMagick) (bsc#1017421).

Record
SUSE-SU-2017:0529-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2017:0586-1 No score

Security update for ImageMagick

This update for ImageMagick fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2016-10046: Prevent buffer overflow in draw.c caused by an incorrect length calculation (bsc#1017308)
  • CVE-2016-10048: Arbitrary module could have been load because relative path were not escaped (bsc#1017310)
  • CVE-2016-10049: Corrupt RLE files could have overflowed a buffer due to a incorrect length calculation (bsc#1017311)
  • CVE-2016-10050: Corrupt RLE files could have overflowed a heap buffer due to a missing offset check (bsc#1017312)
  • CVE-2016-10051: Fixed use after free when reading PWP files (bsc#1017313)
  • CVE-2016-10052: Added bound check to exif parsing of JPEG files (bsc#1017314).
  • CVE-2016-10059: Unchecked calculation when reading TIFF files could have lead to a buffer overflow (bsc#1017318)
  • CVE-2016-10060: Improved error handling when writing files to not mask errors (bsc#1017319).
  • CVE-2016-10063: Check validity of extend during TIFF file reading (bsc#1017320).
  • CVE-2016-10064: Improved checks for buffer overflow when reading TIFF files (bsc#1017321)
  • CVE-2016-10065: Unchecked calculations when reading VIFF files could have lead to out of bound reads (bsc#1017322)
  • CVE-2016-10068: Prevent NULL pointer access when using the MSL interpreter (bsc#1017324)
  • CVE-2016-10070: Prevent allocating the wrong amount of memory when reading mat files (bsc#1017326)
  • CVE-2016-10071: Prevent allocating the wrong amount of memory when reading mat files (bsc#1017326).
  • CVE-2016-10144: Added a check after allocating memory when parsing IPL files (bsc#1020433).
  • CVE-2016-10145: Fixed of-by-one in string copy operation when parsing WPG files (bsc#1020435).
  • CVE-2016-10146: Captions and labels were handled incorrectly, causing a memory leak that could have lead to DoS (bsc#1020443)
  • CVE-2017-5506: Missing offset check leading to a double-free (bsc#1020436).
  • CVE-2017-5507: Fixed a memory leak when reading MPC files allowing for DoS (bsc#1020439).
  • CVE-2017-5508: Increase the amount of memory allocated for TIFF pixels to prevent a heap buffer-overflow (bsc#1020441).
  • CVE-2017-5511: A missing cast when reading PSD files could have caused memory corruption by a heap overflow (bsc#1020448)

This update removes the fix for CVE-2016-9773. ImageMagick-6 was not affected by CVE-2016-9773 and it caused a regression (at least in GraphicsMagick) (bsc#1017421).

Record
SUSE-SU-2017:0586-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2017:1599-1 No score

Security update for ImageMagick

This update for ImageMagick fixes the following issues:

This security issue was fixed:

  • CVE-2017-7941: The ReadSGIImage function in sgi.c allowed remote attackers to consume an amount of available memory via a crafted file (bsc#1034876).
  • CVE-2017-8351: ImageMagick, GraphicsMagick: denial of service (memory leak) via a crafted file (ReadPCDImage func in pcd.c) (bsc#1036986).
  • CVE-2017-8352: denial of service (memory leak) via a crafted file (ReadXWDImage func in xwd.c) (bsc#1036987)
  • CVE-2017-8349: denial of service (memory leak) via a crafted file (ReadSFWImage func in sfw.c) (bsc#1036984)
  • CVE-2017-8350: denial of service (memory leak) via a crafted file (ReadJNGImage function in png.c) (bsc#1036985)
  • CVE-2017-8345: denial of service (memory leak) via a crafted file (ReadMNGImage func in png.c) (bsc#1036980)
  • CVE-2017-8346: denial of service (memory leak) via a crafted file (ReadDCMImage func in dcm.c) (bsc#1036981)
  • CVE-2017-8353: denial of service (memory leak) via a crafted file (ReadPICTImage func in pict.c) (bsc#1036988)
  • CVE-2017-8830: denial of service (memory leak) via a crafted file (ReadBMPImage func in bmp.c:1379) (bsc#1038000)
  • CVE-2017-7606: denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted image (bsc#1033091)
  • CVE-2017-8765: memory leak vulnerability via a crafted ICON file (ReadICONImage in coders\icon.c) (bsc#1037527)
  • CVE-2017-8355: denial of service (memory leak) via a crafted file (ReadMTVImage func in mtv.c) (bsc#1036990)
  • CVE-2017-8344: denial of service (memory leak) via a crafted file (ReadPCXImage func in pcx.c) (bsc#1036978)
  • CVE-2017-9098: uninitialized memory usage in the ReadRLEImage RLE decoder function coders/rle.c (bsc#1040025)
  • CVE-2017-9141: Missing checks in the ReadDDSImage function in coders/dds.c could lead to a denial of service (assertion) (bsc#1040303)
  • CVE-2017-9142: Missing checks in theReadOneJNGImage function in coders/png.c could lead to denial of service (assertion) (bsc#1040304)
  • CVE-2017-9143: A possible denial of service attack via crafted .art file in ReadARTImage function in coders/art.c (bsc#1040306)
  • CVE-2017-9144: A crafted RLE image can trigger a crash in coders/rle.c could lead to a denial of service (crash) (bsc#1040332)
Record
SUSE-SU-2017:1599-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
imagemagick
Debian:12
before 8:6.9.6.2+dfsg-2
8:6.9.6.2+dfsg-2
imagemagick
Debian:13
before 8:6.9.6.2+dfsg-2
8:6.9.6.2+dfsg-2
imagemagick
Debian:14
before 8:6.9.6.2+dfsg-2
8:6.9.6.2+dfsg-2
imagemagick
Debian:7
From an advisory covering 94 CVEs
before 8:6.7.7.10-5+deb7u8, plus listed versions
8:6.7.7.10-58:6.7.7.10-5+deb7u28:6.7.7.10-5+deb7u38:6.7.7.10-5+deb7u48:6.7.7.10-5+deb7u58:6.7.7.10-5+deb7u68:6.7.7.10-5+deb7u7
8:6.7.7.10-5+deb7u8
imagemagick
Debian:8
From an advisory covering 52 CVEs
before 8:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u4, plus listed versions
8:6.8.9.9-58:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u18:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u28:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u3
8:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u4
GraphicsMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
before 1.2.5-4.62.1
1.2.5-4.62.1
GraphicsMagick
SUSE:Studio Onsite 1.3
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
before 1.2.5-4.62.1
1.2.5-4.62.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1
From an advisory covering 25 CVEs
before 6.8.8.1-59.1
6.8.8.1-59.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
From an advisory covering 25 CVEs
before 6.8.8.1-59.1
6.8.8.1-59.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2
From an advisory covering 25 CVEs
before 6.8.8.1-59.1
6.8.8.1-59.1
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1
From an advisory covering 25 CVEs
before 6.8.8.1-59.1
6.8.8.1-59.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2
From an advisory covering 25 CVEs
before 6.8.8.1-59.1
6.8.8.1-59.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
From an advisory covering 25 CVEs
before 6.8.8.1-59.1
6.8.8.1-59.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
From an advisory covering 25 CVEs
before 6.8.8.1-59.1
6.8.8.1-59.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
From an advisory covering 25 CVEs
before 6.8.8.1-59.1
6.8.8.1-59.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
From an advisory covering 25 CVEs
before 6.8.8.1-59.1
6.8.8.1-59.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP1
From an advisory covering 25 CVEs
before 6.8.8.1-59.1
6.8.8.1-59.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP2
From an advisory covering 25 CVEs
before 6.8.8.1-59.1
6.8.8.1-59.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
From an advisory covering 21 CVEs
before 6.4.3.6-7.65.1
6.4.3.6-7.65.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
From an advisory covering 21 CVEs
before 6.4.3.6-7.65.1
6.4.3.6-7.65.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
From an advisory covering 21 CVEs
before 6.4.3.6-7.65.1
6.4.3.6-7.65.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
From an advisory covering 25 CVEs
before 6.4.3.6-7.77.1
6.4.3.6-7.77.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
From an advisory covering 25 CVEs
before 6.4.3.6-7.77.1
6.4.3.6-7.77.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
From an advisory covering 25 CVEs
before 6.4.3.6-7.77.1
6.4.3.6-7.77.1
imagemagick
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
before 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.2, plus listed versions
8:6.7.7.10-5ubuntu38:6.7.7.10-5ubuntu48:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu18:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu28:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu38:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.1
8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.2
imagemagick
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
before 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.2, plus listed versions
8:6.8.9.9-5ubuntu28:6.8.9.9-68:6.8.9.9-6build18:6.8.9.9-78:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu1
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8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu28:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu38:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu48:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu58:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.1
8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.2

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2016-10050 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Imagemagick, published August 25, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.10%, the 81st percentile. Fixed in imagemagick 8:6.9.6.2+dfsg-2.

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