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CVE-2005-0397

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-0397 describes a format string vulnerability in the SetImageInfo function of ImageMagick versions prior to 6.0.2.5. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code by injecting format string specifiers into a filename argument processed by the 'convert' utility. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, potentially leading to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its age and severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.22%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0422 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

debianpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: ImageMagick-0:5.5.6-13
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: ImageMagick-0:6.0.7.1-10
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2005-0397Moderate

security flaw

Feb 2, 2005

References

bugs.gentoo.org / show_bug.cgi
Patch
marc.info
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/19586
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10302
debian.org / security/2005/dsa-702
PatchVendor Advisory
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-11.xml
Patch
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2005_17_imagemagick.html
PatchVendor Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-070.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-320.html
PatchVendor Advisory