CVE-2016-7515

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-04-19 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-125

Description

The ReadRLEImage function in coders/rle.c in ImageMagick allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via vectors related to the number of pixels.

Affected products

ImageMagick: before 6.9.4-0 — fixed in 6.9.4-0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: ImageMagick 6.9.4-0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/22/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93120
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/imagemagick/+bug/1533445
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1378741
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/2ad6d33493750a28a5a655d319a8e0b16c392de1
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/82
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/22/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93120
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/imagemagick/+bug/1533445
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1378741
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/2ad6d33493750a28a5a655d319a8e0b16c392de1
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/82

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