CVE-2016-5841

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-5841
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-12-13 15:59:06 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionInteger overflow in MagickCore/profile.c in ImageMagick before 7.0.2-1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors involving the offset variable.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 9.8 CRITICAL from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.229900000 probability, percentile 0.959480000 (date 2026-05-11)

Problem Types: CWE-190 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary9.8CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary7.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Imagemagick Imagemagick All All All All
Operating System Oracle Solaris 10.0 All All All
Operating System Oracle Solaris 11.3 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Commits · ImageMagick/ImageMagick · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
oss-security - Fwd: out-of-bounds read in MagickCore/property.c:1396 could lead to memory leak/ Integer overflow read to RCE af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Improve checking of EXIF profile to prevent integer overflow (bug rep… · ImageMagick/ImageMagick@d8ab7f0 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Vendor Advisory
oss-security - Re: Fwd: out-of-bounds read in MagickCore/property.c:1396 could lead to memory leak/ Integer overflow read to RCE - ImageMagick af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Oracle Solaris Bulletin - July 2016 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
ImageMagick Integer Overflow and Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 357007 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for ImageMagick : ALAS2-2024-2432
  • 357342 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for ImageMagick : ALAS-2024-1926
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