CVE-2016-8678

Publication date 15 February 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

The IsPixelMonochrome function in MagickCore/pixel-accessor.h in ImageMagick 7.0.3.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via a crafted file. NOTE: the vendor says "This is a Q64 issue and we do not support Q64."

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
imagemagick	16.10 yakkety	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected

Notes

mdeslaur

only an issue if built with QuantumDepth=64, which isn't the case on Debian/Ubuntu.

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 5.5 · Medium

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.5 · Medium
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H