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CVE-2006-3743

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-3743 describes multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities in ImageMagick versions prior to 6.2.9, allowing user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code through specially crafted XCF image files. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.1 (medium severity), indicating a network-based attack with high complexity, requiring user interaction, and potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.2.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:6.2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.2.0.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:6.2.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.2.0.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:6.2.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:6.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.1MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
4.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.61%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0361 is in the 84th percentile among its peer group of 19,956 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, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

debianpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: ImageMagick-0:5.5.6-20
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: ImageMagick-0:6.0.7.1-16
View patch
ubuntupatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2006-3743Moderate

security flaw

Aug 22, 2006

References

patches.sgi.com / support/free/security/advisories/20060901-01-P.asc
bugs.gentoo.org / show_bug.cgi
Patch
secunia.com / advisories/21615
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21621
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21671
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21679
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21719
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21780
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21832
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/22036
secunia.com / advisories/22096
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200609-14.xml
securitytracker.com / id
Patch
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/28575
issues.rpath.com / browse/RPL-605
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9895
debian.org / security/2006/dsa-1168
PatchVendor Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2006_50_imagemagick.html
PatchVendor Advisory
osvdb.org / 28205
Patch
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2006-0633.html
Patch
securityfocus.com / bid/19697
Patch
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-340-1
Patch
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/3375