Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Feb 27, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-5240
CVE-2016-5240
Description
The DrawDashPolygon function in magick/render.c in GraphicsMagick before 1.3.24 and the SVG renderer in ImageMagick allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) by converting a circularly defined SVG file.
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Affected products
5cpe:2.3:a:graphicsmagick:graphicsmagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:graphicsmagick:graphicsmagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=1.3.23
- (no CPE)range: <1.3.24
- osv-coords2 versionspkg:rpm/suse/GraphicsMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/GraphicsMagick&distro=SUSE%20Studio%20Onsite%201.3
< 1.2.5-4.41.1+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.2.5-4.41.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.2.5-4.41.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
9- www.graphicsmagick.org/ChangeLog-2016.htmlnvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/01/4nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/01/6nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/02/14nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/89348nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- hg.graphicsmagick.org/hg/GraphicsMagicknvd
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3746nvd
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.htmlnvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1237nvd
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