CVE-2016-5691
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 6.1% (pctl 93)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
The DCM reader in ImageMagick before 6.9.4-5 and 7.x before 7.0.1-7 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact by leveraging lack of validation of (1) pixel.red, (2) pixel.green, and (3) pixel.blue.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 6.13% — more likely to be exploited than 93% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-20 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2016-12-13 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| imagemagick | imagemagick |
| oracle | solaris |
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/14/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/3
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91283
- https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/46-Various-invalid-memory-reads-in-ImageMagick-WPG%2C-DDS%2C-DCM.html
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/blob/6.9.4-5/ChangeLog
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/blob/7.0.1-7/ChangeLog
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/5511ef530576ed18fd636baa3bb4eda3d667665d
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/14/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/3
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91283
- https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/46-Various-invalid-memory-reads-in-ImageMagick-WPG%2C-DDS%2C-DCM.html
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/blob/6.9.4-5/ChangeLog
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/blob/7.0.1-7/ChangeLog
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/5511ef530576ed18fd636baa3bb4eda3d667665d
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