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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2016-8707 json

An exploitable out of bounds write exists in the handling of compressed TIFF images in ImageMagicks's convert utility.

published 2016-12-23 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-9546

cvss
7.5
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.8%
EPSS 3.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An exploitable out of bounds write exists in the handling of compressed TIFF images in ImageMagicks's convert utility. A crafted TIFF document can lead to an out of bounds write which in particular circumstances could be leveraged into remote code execution. The vulnerability can be triggered through any user controlled TIFF that is handled by this functionality.

Patch / fix

  • imagemagick Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 8:6.9.7.0+dfsg-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2016-8707

  • imagemagick Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.5
  • imagemagick Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.5

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8707

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • ImageMagick SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 +8 more 6.8.8.1-54.1
  • ImageMagick SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLE Software Development Kit 11 SP4 6.4.3.6-7.60.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2016:3258-1SUSE-SU-2016:3256-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2016-8707 updated cvss 4.9

ImageMagick: OOB write in convert utility when deflating TIFF files

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 ImageMagick, ImageMagick-c++, ImageMagick-perl Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 ImageMagick, ImageMagick-c++, ImageMagick-perl Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 ImageMagick
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 ImageMagick
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

3.78% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • talosintelligence.com http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0216/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • n/a ImageMagick 7.0.3-1

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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