CVE-2016-7515

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Published 2017-04-19 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
6.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v2
4.3
VIR risk
6.5

Description

The ReadRLEImage function in coders/rle.c in ImageMagick allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via vectors related to the number of pixels.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
75%
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-2016-7515

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7515.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security@debian.org — https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/82

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security@debian.org — https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/2ad6d33493750a28a5a655d319a8e0b16c392de1

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security@debian.org — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/22/2

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{"endExcluding":"6.9.4-0"}6.9.4-0

References

CWEs

CWE-125

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