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CVE-2016-7799

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-01-18 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-125

Description

MagickCore/profile.c in ImageMagick before 7.0.3-2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted file.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 8.0
• ImageMagick: before 6.9.6-0; from 7.0.0-0 before 7.0.3-2 — fixed in 6.9.6-0, 7.0.3-2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: ImageMagick 6.9.6-0, 7.0.3-2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3726
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/01/4
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/01/6
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93264
• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/a7bb158b7bedd1449a34432feb3a67c8f1873bfa
• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/280
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-21
• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3726
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/01/4
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/01/6
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93264
• https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/a7bb158b7bedd1449a34432feb3a67c8f1873bfa

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