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CVE-2016-10062

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-10062 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in ImageMagick, specifically within the ReadGROUP4Image function in coders/tiff.c, due to a missing return value check for fwrite. This flaw allows remote attackers to crash the application via a specially crafted file. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), it requires user interaction and local access to exploit, leading to high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 7.0.1-10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.84%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0184 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 5,765 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 0.1 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

Vendor Patches (4)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: ImageMagick
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: ImageMagick
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: ImageMagick
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2Fixed in: ImageMagick

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-10062Low

ImageMagick: Write path does not check return of fwrite

Jun 4, 2016

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
github.com / ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/196
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3799
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/12/26/9
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/95209
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry