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CVE-2016-4564

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-06-04 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

The DrawImage function in MagickCore/draw.c in ImageMagick before 6.9.4-0 and 7.x before 7.0.1-2 makes an incorrect function call in attempting to locate the next token, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file.

Affected products

• ImageMagick: through 6.9.3-0; 7.0.0-0, 7.0.1-0, 7.0.1-1

References

• http://www.imagemagick.org/script/changelog.php
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/726812fa2fa7ce16bcf58f6e115f65427a1c0950
• http://www.imagemagick.org/script/changelog.php
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/726812fa2fa7ce16bcf58f6e115f65427a1c0950

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