CVE-2016-6491

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2016-12-13 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-125

Description

Buffer overflow in the Get8BIMProperty function in MagickCore/property.c in ImageMagick before 6.9.5-4 and 7.x before 7.0.2-6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read, memory leak, and crash) via a crafted image.

Affected products

ImageMagick: through 6.9.5-3; 7.0.1-0, 7.0.1-1, 7.0.1-2, 7.0.1-3, 7.0.1-4, 7.0.1-5 (+11)
Oracle Corporation Solaris Operating System: 10.0, 11.3

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/28/13
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/28/15
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92186
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036501
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/blob/6.9.5-4/ChangeLog
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/dd84447b63a71fa8c3f47071b09454efc667767b
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-21
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/28/13
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/28/15
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92186

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