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CVE-2016-7526

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-04-20 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-787

Description

coders/wpg.c in ImageMagick allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted file.

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/93131
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1539050
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1378758
• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/998c687fb83993c13fa711d75f59a95b38ceab77
• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/b60d1ed0af37c50b91a40937825b4c61e8458095
• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/b6ae2f9e0ab13343c0281732d479757a8e8979c7
• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/d9b2209a69ee90d8df81fb124eb66f593eb9f599
• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/102
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/22/2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93131
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1539050

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