CVE-2016-6491

high
Published 2016-12-13 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
8.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
8.8

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
92%
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-2016-6491

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6491.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/dd84447b63a71fa8c3f47071b09454efc667767b

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/blob/6.9.5-4/ChangeLog

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/28/13

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":"6.9.5-3"}
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
imagemagickimagemagick7.0.1-7
imagemagickimagemagick7.0.1-8
imagemagickimagemagick7.0.1-9
imagemagickimagemagick7.0.1-10
imagemagickimagemagick7.0.2-0
imagemagickimagemagick7.0.2-1
imagemagickimagemagick7.0.2-2
imagemagickimagemagick7.0.2-3
imagemagickimagemagick7.0.2-4
imagemagickimagemagick7.0.2-5

References

CWEs

CWE-125

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