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CVE-2016-8862

The AcquireMagickMemory function in MagickCore/memory.c in ImageMagick before 7.0.3.3 allows...

8.8 HighFix available

The AcquireMagickMemory function in MagickCore/memory.c in ImageMagick before 7.0.3.3 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted image, which triggers a memory allocation failure.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

4.20%Up 2.9 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 8.8

The AcquireMagickMemory function in MagickCore/memory.c in ImageMagick before 7.0.3.3 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted image, which triggers a memory allocation failure.

Record
CVE-2016-8862
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/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

The AcquireMagickMemory function in MagickCore/memory.c in ImageMagick before 7.0.3.3 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted image, which triggers a memory allocation failure.

Record
CVE-2016-8862
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-9687 No score

The AcquireMagickMemory function in MagickCore/memory.c in ImageMagick before 7.0.3.3 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted image, which triggers a memory allocation failure.

Record
EUVD-2016-9687
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-7g48-q8g6-cj95 8.8

The AcquireMagickMemory function in MagickCore/memory.c in ImageMagick before 7.0.3.3 allows...

The AcquireMagickMemory function in MagickCore/memory.c in ImageMagick before 7.0.3.3 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted image, which triggers a memory allocation failure.

Record
GHSA-7g48-q8g6-cj95
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 8.8

The AcquireMagickMemory function in MagickCore/memory.c in ImageMagick before 7.0.3.3 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted image, which triggers a memory allocation failure.

Record
CVE-2016-8862
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2016-8862 8.8

The AcquireMagickMemory function in MagickCore/memory.c in ImageMagick before 7.0.3.3 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted image, which triggers a memory allocation failure.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2016-8862
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2016-8862 8.8

The AcquireMagickMemory function in MagickCore/memory.c in ImageMagick before 7.0.3.3 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted image, which triggers a memory allocation failure.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8862
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/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
OSVMGASA-2018-0229 No score

Updated imagemagick packages fix security vulnerabilities

The imagemagick package has been updated to version 6.9.9.41 which fixes several unspecified security vulnerabilities. This update fixes several vulnerabilities in imagemagick, including: Various memory handling problems and cases of missing or incomplete input sanitising may result in denial of service, memory disclosure or the execution of arbitrary code if malformed GIF, TTF, SVG, TIFF, PCX, JPG or SFW files are processed.

Several packages have been rebuilt for the updated ImageMagick.

Record
MGASA-2018-0229
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2016:2894-1 No score

Security update for GraphicsMagick

This update for GraphicsMagick fixes the following issues:

  • Memory allocation failure in AcquireMagickMemory (CVE-2016-8862) [bsc#1007245]
Record
SUSE-SU-2016:2894-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2016:2952-1 No score

Security update for ImageMagick

This update for ImageMagick fixes the following issues:

  • Memory allocation failure in AcquireMagickMemory (CVE-2016-8862) [bsc#1007245]
  • update incomplete patch of CVE-2016-6823 [bsc#1001066]
Record
SUSE-SU-2016:2952-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2016:2964-1 No score

Security update for ImageMagick

This update for ImageMagick fixes the following issues:

These vulnerabilities could be triggered by processing specially crafted image files, which could lead to a process crash or resource consumtion, or potentially have unspecified futher impact.

  • CVE-2016-8862: Memory allocation failure in AcquireMagickMemory (bsc#1007245)
  • CVE-2014-9907: DOS due to corrupted DDS files (bsc#1000714)
  • CVE-2015-8959: DOS due to corrupted DDS files (bsc#1000713)
  • CVE-2016-7537: Out of bound access for corrupted pdb file (bsc#1000711)
  • CVE-2016-6823: BMP Coder Out-Of-Bounds Write Vulnerability (bsc#1001066)
  • CVE-2016-7514: Out-of-bounds read in coders/psd.c (bsc#1000688)
  • CVE-2016-7515: Rle file handling for corrupted file (bsc#1000689)
  • CVE-2016-7529: out of bound in quantum handling (bsc#1000399)
  • CVE-2016-7101: SGI Coder Out-Of-Bounds Read Vulnerability (bsc#1001221)
  • CVE-2016-7527: out of bound access in wpg file coder: (bsc#1000436)
  • CVE-2016-7996, CVE-2016-7997: WPG Reader Issues (bsc#1003629)
  • CVE-2016-7528: out of bound access in xcf file coder (bsc#1000434)
  • CVE-2016-8683: Check that filesize is reasonable compared to the header value (bsc#1005127)
  • CVE-2016-8682: Stack-buffer read overflow while reading SCT header (bsc#1005125)
  • CVE-2016-8684: Mismatch between real filesize and header values (bsc#1005123)
  • Buffer overflows in SIXEL, PDB, MAP, and TIFF coders (bsc#1002209)
  • CVE-2016-7525: Heap buffer overflow in psd file coder (bsc#1000701)
  • CVE-2016-7524: AddressSanitizer:heap-buffer-overflow READ of size 1 in meta.c:465 (bsc#1000700)
  • CVE-2016-7530: Out of bound in quantum handling (bsc#1000703)
  • CVE-2016-7531: Pbd file out of bound access (bsc#1000704)
  • CVE-2016-7533: Wpg file out of bound for corrupted file (bsc#1000707)
  • CVE-2016-7535: Out of bound access for corrupted psd file (bsc#1000709)
  • CVE-2016-7522: Out of bound access for malformed psd file (bsc#1000698)
  • CVE-2016-7517: out-of-bounds read in coders/pict.c (bsc#1000693)
  • CVE-2016-7516: Out of bounds problem in rle, pict, viff and sun files (bsc#1000692)
  • CVE-2015-8958: Potential DOS in sun file handling due to malformed files (bsc#1000691)
  • CVE-2015-8957: Buffer overflow in sun file handling (bsc#1000690)
  • CVE-2016-7519: out-of-bounds read in coders/rle.c (bsc#1000695)
  • CVE-2016-7518: out-of-bounds read in coders/sun.c (bsc#1000694)
  • CVE-2016-7800: 8BIM/8BIMW unsigned underflow leads to heap overflow (bsc#1002422)
  • CVE-2016-7523: AddressSanitizer:heap-buffer-overflow READ of size 1 meta.c:496 (bsc#1000699)
  • CVE-2016-7799: mogrify global buffer overflow (bsc#1002421)
Record
SUSE-SU-2016:2964-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-3142-1 No score

imagemagick vulnerabilities

It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain malformed image files. If a user or automated system using ImageMagick were tricked into opening a specially crafted image, an attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute code with the privileges of the user invoking the program.

Record
USN-3142-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
imagemagick
Debian:12
before 8:6.9.6.6+dfsg-1
8:6.9.6.6+dfsg-1
imagemagick
Debian:13
before 8:6.9.6.6+dfsg-1
8:6.9.6.6+dfsg-1
imagemagick
Debian:14
before 8:6.9.6.6+dfsg-1
8:6.9.6.6+dfsg-1
imagemagick
Debian:7
before 8:6.7.7.10-5+deb7u10, 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+deb7u5
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8:6.7.7.10-5+deb7u68:6.7.7.10-5+deb7u78:6.7.7.10-5+deb7u88:6.7.7.10-5+deb7u9
8:6.7.7.10-5+deb7u10
imagemagick
Debian:8
before 8:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u6, 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+deb8u38:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u48:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u5
8:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u6
converseen
Mageia:6
before 0.9.6.2-1.3.mga6
0.9.6.2-1.3.mga6
cuneiform-linux
Mageia:6
before 1.1.0-9.2.mga6
1.1.0-9.2.mga6
dvdauthor
Mageia:6
before 0.7.2-2.2.mga6
0.7.2-2.2.mga6
emacs
Mageia:6
before 24.5-8.3.mga6
24.5-8.3.mga6
imagemagick
Mageia:6
before 6.9.9.41-1.mga6
6.9.9.41-1.mga6
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
inkscape
Mageia:6
before 0.92.1-2.2.mga6
0.92.1-2.2.mga6
k3d
Mageia:6
before 0.8.0.5-5.2.mga6
0.8.0.5-5.2.mga6
kxstitch
Mageia:6
before 2.0.0-2.2.mga6
2.0.0-2.2.mga6
libopenshot
Mageia:6
before 0.1.8-1.2.mga6
0.1.8-1.2.mga6
ocaml-glmlite
Mageia:6
before 0.03.51-17.2.mga6
0.03.51-17.2.mga6
perl-Image-SubImageFind
Mageia:6
before 0.30.0-6.2.mga6
0.30.0-6.2.mga6
pfstools
Mageia:6
before 2.0.6-3.2.mga6
2.0.6-3.2.mga6
php-imagick
Mageia:6
before 3.4.1-6.2.mga6
3.4.1-6.2.mga6
php-magickwand
Mageia:6
before 1.0.9.2-10.2.mga6
1.0.9.2-10.2.mga6
psiconv
Mageia:6
before 0.9.8-26.2.mga6
0.9.8-26.2.mga6
pythonmagick
Mageia:6
before 0.9.12-7.2.mga6
0.9.12-7.2.mga6
ruby-rmagick
Mageia:6
before 2.15.4-12.2.mga6
2.15.4-12.2.mga6
synfig
Mageia:6
before 1.2.1-2.2.mga6
1.2.1-2.2.mga6
vdr-plugin-skinelchi
Mageia:6
before 0.2.8-8.2.mga6
0.2.8-8.2.mga6
vdr-plugin-skinenigmang
Mageia:6
before 0.1.2-10.2.mga6
0.1.2-10.2.mga6
GraphicsMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
before 1.2.5-4.52.1
1.2.5-4.52.1
GraphicsMagick
SUSE:Studio Onsite 1.3
before 1.2.5-4.52.1
1.2.5-4.52.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1
before 6.8.8.1-47.1
6.8.8.1-47.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
before 6.8.8.1-47.1
6.8.8.1-47.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2
before 6.8.8.1-47.1
6.8.8.1-47.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1
before 6.8.8.1-47.1
6.8.8.1-47.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2
before 6.8.8.1-47.1
6.8.8.1-47.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
before 6.8.8.1-47.1
6.8.8.1-47.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
before 6.8.8.1-47.1
6.8.8.1-47.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
before 6.8.8.1-47.1
6.8.8.1-47.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
before 6.8.8.1-47.1
6.8.8.1-47.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP1
before 6.8.8.1-47.1
6.8.8.1-47.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP2
before 6.8.8.1-47.1
6.8.8.1-47.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
before 6.4.3.6-7.54.1
6.4.3.6-7.54.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
before 6.4.3.6-7.54.1
6.4.3.6-7.54.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
before 6.4.3.6-7.54.1
6.4.3.6-7.54.1
imagemagick
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
before 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.3, plus listed versions
8:6.7.7.10-5ubuntu38:6.7.7.10-5ubuntu48:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu18:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu28:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu38:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.18:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.2
8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.3
imagemagick
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
before 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.3, 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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8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu28:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu38:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu48:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu58:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.18:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.2
8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.3

History

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

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

In short

CVE-2016-8862 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Imagemagick, published October 21, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 4.20%, the 90th percentile. Fixed in imagemagick 8:6.9.6.6+dfsg-1.

References

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