CVE-2016-7539

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Published 2017-07-25 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

7.5

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.5

Description

Memory leak in AcquireVirtualMemory in ImageMagick before 7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via unspecified vectors.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

83%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

Mitigation details

Source: Debian Security Tracker · View original ↗ · DFSG

CVE-2016-7539 NameCVE-2016-7539 DescriptionMemory leak in AcquireVirtualMemory in ImageMagick before 7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via unspecified vectors. SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) ReferencesDLA-731-1, DSA-3652-1…

CVE-2016-7539

Name	CVE-2016-7539
Description	Memory leak in AcquireVirtualMemory in ImageMagick before 7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via unspecified vectors.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DLA-731-1, DSA-3652-1
Debian Bugs	833101

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
imagemagick (PTS)	bullseye	8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3+deb11u4	fixed
	bullseye (security)	8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.3+deb11u13	fixed
	bookworm	8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6+deb12u9	fixed
	bookworm (security)	8:6.9.11.60+dfsg-1.6+deb12u10	fixed
	trixie	8:7.1.1.43+dfsg1-1+deb13u8	fixed
	trixie (security)	8:7.1.1.43+dfsg1-1+deb13u9	fixed
	forky, sid	8:7.1.2.23+dfsg1-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Origin	Debian Bugs
imagemagick	source	wheezy	8:6.7.7.10-5+deb7u8	DLA-731-1
imagemagick	source	jessie	8:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u4	DSA-3652-1
imagemagick	source	(unstable)	8:6.9.6.2+dfsg-2		833101

Notes

Fixed by: https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/4e81ce8b07219c69a9aeccb0f7f7b927ca6db74c
http://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=28946
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/07/1

Home - Debian Security - Source (Git)

Apply commands

text fix

Notes

Fixed by: https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/4e81ce8b07219c69a9aeccb0f7f7b927ca6db74chttp://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=28946https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/07/1

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
sles		affected
debian	bookworm	fixed	`8:6.9.6.2+dfsg-2`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`8:6.9.6.2+dfsg-2`
debian	forky	fixed	`8:6.9.6.2+dfsg-2`
debian	sid	fixed	`8:6.9.6.2+dfsg-2`
debian	trixie	fixed	`8:6.9.6.2+dfsg-2`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
imagemagick	imagemagick	`{"endIncluding":"6.9.9-3"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-399

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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