CVE-2016-5239

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-03-15 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-284

Description

The gnuplot delegate functionality in ImageMagick before 6.9.4-0 and GraphicsMagick allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

ImageMagick: through 6.9.3-9

References

http://git.imagemagick.org/repos/ImageMagick/commit/70a2cf326ed32bedee144b961005c63846541a16
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/02/13
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91018
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1237
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00002.html
http://git.imagemagick.org/repos/ImageMagick/commit/70a2cf326ed32bedee144b961005c63846541a16
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/02/13
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91018
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1237
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00002.html

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