CVE-2016-5240 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting GraphicsMagick before version 1.3.24 and ImageMagick's SVG renderer. This flaw, residing in the DrawDashPolygon function, allows remote attackers to trigger an infinite loop by processing a specially crafted, circularly defined SVG file. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 5.5), exploitation requires user interaction (UI:R) and could lead to high availability impact (A:H), though it has a low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.3.23CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:graphicsmagick:graphicsmagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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