CVE-2016-6520
critical
CVSS v3
9.1
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
9.1
Description
Buffer overflow in MagickCore/enhance.c in ImageMagick before 7.0.2-7 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors related to pixel cache morphology.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
94%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 0 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 0 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 0 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 0 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 0 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| imagemagick | imagemagick | {"startIncluding":"7.0.0-0","endExcluding":"7.0.2-7"} | 7.0.2-7 |
References
- http://www.imagemagick.org/script/changelog.php
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/02/10
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/02/6
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036502
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/76401e172ea3a55182be2b8e2aca4d07270f6da6
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6520.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-6520
CWEs
CWE-125
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.