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CVE-2006-2440

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-2440 describes a heap-based buffer overflow in the libMagick component of ImageMagick 6.0.6.2. This vulnerability could allow unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by crafting an image index array that triggers the overflow during filename glob expansion. With a CVSS score of 7.5, it is considered highly severe due to its network-based attack vector and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.0.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:6.0.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:6.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.86%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0286 is in the 74th 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)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1Fixed in: ImageMagick-0:5.3.8-18
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: ImageMagick-0:5.5.6-24
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: ImageMagick-0:6.0.7.1-16.0.3
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2006-2440Low

security flaw

Jan 2, 2006

References

patches.sgi.com / support/free/security/advisories/20070201-01-P.asc
bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
Patch
secunia.com / advisories/21719
secunia.com / advisories/24186
secunia.com / advisories/24284
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9481
debian.org / security/2006/dsa-1168
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2007-0015.html