CVE-2016-5118

critical
Published 2016-06-10 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
VIR risk
9.8

Description

The OpenBlob function in blob.c in GraphicsMagick before 1.3.24 and ImageMagick allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a | (pipe) character at the start of a filename.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No vendor mitigations ingested yet for this CVE. The mitigation-content worker queues fetches as references arrive — check back in a few minutes, or see the references list below.

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed1.3.24-1
debian debianbullseyefixed1.3.24-1
debian debianforkyfixed1.3.24-1
debian debiansidfixed1.3.24-1
debian debiantrixiefixed1.3.24-1
ubuntu ubuntu12.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu14.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu15.10affected
ubuntu ubuntu16.04affected
debian debian8.0affected
suse suse42.1affected
suse suse13.2affected
suse suse12affected
suse suse12.0affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
graphicsmagickgraphicsmagick{"endIncluding":"1.3.23"}
suse suselinux_enterprise_debuginfo11
suse susestudio_onsite1.3
imagemagickimagemagick{"endExcluding":"7.0.1-7"}7.0.1-7

References

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Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.