CVE-2016-8866: ImageMagick

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 4.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• ImageMagick ImageMagick: before 6.9.6-6 (fixed in 6.9.6-6); from 7.0.0-0, up to and including 7.0.3-7
• Opensuse Leap: version 42.1 only; version 42.2 only
• Opensuse Opensuse: version 13.2 only

Published 2017-02-15. Last modified 2026-06-17.