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CVE-2016-5689

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 5.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2016-12-13 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-476

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 NULL pointer checks.

Affected products

• ImageMagick: through 6.9.4-4; 7.0.1-0, 7.0.1-1, 7.0.1-2, 7.0.1-3, 7.0.1-4, 7.0.1-5 (+1)
• Oracle Corporation Solaris Operating System: 11.3

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

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