Detections
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CVE-2016-6491

high

Description

Buffer overflow in the Get8BIMProperty function in MagickCore/property.c in ImageMagick before 6.9.5-4 and 7.x before 7.0.2-6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read, memory leak, and crash) via a crafted image.

References

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036501

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92186

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-21

https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/dd84447b63a71fa8c3f47071b09454efc667767b

https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/blob/6.9.5-4/ChangeLog

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-12-13

Updated: 2025-04-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.01124