CVE-2016-5690

critical
Published 2016-12-13 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
7.5
VIR risk
9.8

Description

The ReadDCMImage function in DCM reader in ImageMagick before 6.9.4-5 and 7.x before 7.0.1-7 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors involving the for statement in computing the pixel scaling table.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5690

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5690.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/5511ef530576ed18fd636baa3bb4eda3d667665d

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/blob/7.0.1-7/ChangeLog

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/blob/6.9.4-5/ChangeLog

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed8:6.9.6.2+dfsg-2
debian debianbullseyefixed8:6.9.6.2+dfsg-2
debian debianforkyfixed8:6.9.6.2+dfsg-2
debian debiansidfixed8:6.9.6.2+dfsg-2
debian debiantrixiefixed8:6.9.6.2+dfsg-2

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
imagemagickimagemagick{"endIncluding":"6.9.4-4"}
imagemagickimagemagick7.0.1-0
imagemagickimagemagick7.0.1-1
imagemagickimagemagick7.0.1-2
imagemagickimagemagick7.0.1-3
imagemagickimagemagick7.0.1-4
imagemagickimagemagick7.0.1-5
imagemagickimagemagick7.0.1-6

References

CWEs

CWE-476

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