CVE-2016-5841

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

Integer overflow in MagickCore/profile.c in ImageMagick before 7.0.2-1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors involving the offset variable.

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-2016-5841

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5841.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commits/7.0.2-1

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/d8ab7f046587f2e9f734b687ba7e6e10147c294b

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/25/3

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/23/1

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":"7.0.2-0"}

References

CWEs

CWE-190

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