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CVE-2005-4601

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-4601 describes a critical vulnerability in ImageMagick version 6.2.4.5-0.3, where remote attackers can execute arbitrary commands. This is achieved by injecting shell metacharacters into filenames processed by the 'display' command. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is highly severe, allowing for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity and no authentication required. While no active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion has been observed, the potential for remote code execution makes it a notable risk.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.2.4.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:6.2.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
3.69%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0369 is in the 80th 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 (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: ImageMagick-0:5.5.6-18
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: ImageMagick-0:6.0.7.1-14
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2005-4601Moderate

security flaw

Dec 29, 2005

References

patches.sgi.com / support/free/security/advisories/20060301-01.U.asc
bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
Exploit
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2006-0178.html
secunia.com / advisories/18261
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/18607
secunia.com / advisories/18631
secunia.com / advisories/18871
secunia.com / advisories/19183
secunia.com / advisories/19408
secunia.com / advisories/23090
secunia.com / advisories/28800
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/23927
issues.rpath.com / browse/RPL-389
slackware.com / security/viewer.php
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10353
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
debian.org / security/2006/dsa-957
mandriva.com / security/advisories
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2006_06_sr.html
osvdb.org / 22121
securityfocus.com / archive/1/452718/100/100/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/16093
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-246-1
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0412