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CVE-2016-10068

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-10068 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the MSL interpreter of ImageMagick versions prior to 6.9.6-4, affecting various ImageMagick and openSUSE products. An unauthenticated, remote attacker could exploit this by tricking a user into processing a specially crafted XML file, leading to a segmentation fault and application crash. While rated Medium severity (CVSS 5.5) due to its local attack vector and user interaction requirement, the impact is high availability loss. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, suggesting a low current threat level.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 6.9.6-3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
42.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
42.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse_project:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/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
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.89%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
77.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0189 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 5,760 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (6)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
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-2016-10068Low

ImageMagick: Segmentation fault in MSL interpreter

Nov 2, 2016

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2017-02/msg00028.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2017-02/msg00031.html
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
github.com / ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/56d6e20de489113617cbbddaf41e92600a34db22
PatchThird Party Advisory
imagemagick.org / discourse-server/viewtopic.php
PatchVendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/12/26/9
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/95219
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry