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    CVE-2016-8866

    The AcquireMagickMemory function in MagickCore/memory.c in ImageMagick 7.0.3.3 before 7.0.3.8 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted image, which triggers a memory allocation failure. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-8862.

    Published:Oct 20, 2016
    Last Modified:Apr 20, 2025
    EPS:Feb 15, 2017
    EPSS Score:0.00678
    CVSS Score:8.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Imagemagick
    Product
    Imagemagick
    Vendor
    Opensuse
    Product
    Leap
    Vendor
    Opensuse
    Product
    Opensuse

    Exploits

    https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/10/20/imagemagick-memory-allocation-failure-in-acquiremagickmemory-memory-c-incomplete-fix-for-cve-2016-8862/https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/271https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/10/20/imagemagick-memory-allocation-failure-in-acquiremagickmemory-memory-c-incomplete-fix-for-cve-2016-8862/https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/271

    Related CVEs

    CVE-2026-86425 (CVSS 4.8) — ImageMagick before 7.1.2-30 and 6.9.x before 6.9.13-55 contains a heap-use-after-free vulnerability in the Lay…
    CVE-2026-86424 (CVSS 2) — ImageMagick before 7.1.2-30 and 6.9.13-55 contains a time-of-check-time-of-use (TOCTOU) vulnerability in the v…
    CVE-2026-86422 (CVSS 1) — ImageMagick before 7.1.2-30 contains a time-of-check-time-of-use vulnerability in path policy enforcement on W…
    CVE-2026-86423 (CVSS 4.8) — ImageMagick before 7.1.2-30 and 6.9.x before 6.9.13-55 contains a heap-use-after-free vulnerability in the Get…
    CVE-2026-86421 (CVSS 6.3) — ImageMagick before 7.1.2-30 and 6.9.13-55 contains a memory leak in the MSL image decoder. A crafted MSL image…
    CVE-2026-86420 (CVSS 6.3) — ImageMagick before 7.1.2-30 and 6.9.13-55 fails to properly lower the memory budget when an operation inside O…
    CVE-2026-62946 (CVSS 5.1) — ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. In versions pri…
    CVE-2026-62363 (CVSS 5) — ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. In versions pri…
    CVE-2026-62343 (CVSS 4.7) — ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. In versions pri…
    CVE-2026-64685 (CVSS 5.3) — ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. In versions pri…

    References

    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00085.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2017-01/msg00006.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00141.html
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/20/3
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/21/5
    https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/10/20/imagemagick-memory-allocation-failure-in-acquiremagickmemory-memory-c-incomplete-fix-for-cve-2016-8862/
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1388816
    https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/271
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00085.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2017-01/msg00006.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00141.html
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/20/3
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/21/5
    https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/10/20/imagemagick-memory-allocation-failure-in-acquiremagickmemory-memory-c-incomplete-fix-for-cve-2016-8862/
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1388816
    https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/271

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