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CVE-2006-5868

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-5868 describes multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities in ImageMagick versions 6.0 prior to 6.0.6.2 and 6.2 prior to 6.2.4.5, affecting various Linux distributions including Canonical and Debian. This vulnerability carries a critical CVSS score of 9.3, indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity that could lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability if a user opens a specially crafted SGI image. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage for this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 6.0, < 6.0.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.2, < 6.2.4.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.65%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0265 is in the 42nd percentile among its peer group of 8,920 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 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-2006-5868Moderate

Insufficient boundary check in ImageMagick's SGIDecode()

Sep 29, 2006

References

patches.sgi.com / support/free/security/advisories/20070201-01-P.asc
Broken Link
secunia.com / advisories/22998
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/23101
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/23219
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/24186
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/24284
Third Party Advisory
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10612
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2006/dsa-1213
Third Party Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2007-0015.html
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/21185
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-386-1
Third Party Advisory