Check Point Advisories

Imagemagick Compressed TIFF File Conversion Remote Code Execution (CVE-2016-8707)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2016-1134
Date Published: 29 Dec 2016
Severity: High
Last Updated: Monday 02 January, 2017
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2016-8707
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? ImageMagick ImageMagick 7.0.3.8
ImageMagick ImageMagick 7.0.3.7
ImageMagick ImageMagick 7.0.3.6
ImageMagick ImageMagick 7.0.3.3
ImageMagick ImageMagick 7.0.3.2
ImageMagick ImageMagick 7.0.3.1
ImageMagick ImageMagick 7.0.3.0
Vulnerability Description An out-of-bounds write vulnerability exists in ImageMagick's convert utility. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of TIFF image data when deflating an Adobe Deflate compressed TIFF image. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by providing a specially crafted TIFF image to a target.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Imagemagick Compressed TIFF File Conversion Remote Code Execution protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Content Protection Violation.
Attack Information:  Imagemagick Compressed TIFF File Conversion Remote Code Execution

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