Medium
Security advisory
The ReadVIFFImage function in coders/viff.c in ImageMagick allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a crafted VIFF file.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2016-7528
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 09:05 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
The ReadVIFFImage function in coders/viff.c in ImageMagick allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a crafted VIFF file.
osv:CVE-2016-7528
Complete source record
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