CVE-2016-7538

medium
Published 2017-04-20 · 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

coders/psd.c in ImageMagick allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted file.

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-2016-7538

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security@debian.org — https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/148

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security@debian.org — https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/82e2049862a8b8a999e160734ad64fb6cc3b145f

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security@debian.org — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1378775

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
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-

References

CWEs

CWE-787

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