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CVE-2005-0762

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-0762 describes a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the SGI parser of ImageMagick versions prior to 6.0. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by crafting a malicious SGI image file. With a CVSS score of 7.5, it is considered highly severe due to its network attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.3.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:5.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.3.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:5.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:5.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.4.4.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:5.4.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.4.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:5.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
3.42%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0342 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 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 (2)

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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2005-0762Moderate

security flaw

Jun 9, 2004

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2005-070.html
Patch
securitytracker.com / id
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9736
debian.org / security/2005/dsa-702
Patch
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2005_17_imagemagick.html
Patch