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CVE-2016-7527

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.5% 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-125

Description

coders/wpg.c in ImageMagick allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) 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/93220
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/imagemagick/+bug/1542115
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1378759
• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/a251039393f423c7858e63cab6aa98d17b8b7a41
• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/b3dd69b23e9338806891c708a0cc8a82c0d1872a
• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/122
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/22/2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93220
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/imagemagick/+bug/1542115
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1378759
• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/a251039393f423c7858e63cab6aa98d17b8b7a41

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