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CVE-2016-10144

33
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-10144 describes a critical vulnerability in ImageMagick's coders/ipl.c, stemming from a missing malloc check. This flaw allows remote attackers to achieve unspecific but potentially severe impact, including high confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise, as indicated by its CVSS v3.1 score of 9.8. Despite its critical 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
< 6.9.7-1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.93%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0493 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 36,829 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
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
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: ImageMagick

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-10144Low

ImageMagick: ipl file missing malloc check

Dec 24, 2016

References

bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/97566cf2806c0a5a86e884c96831a0c3b1ec6c20
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201702-09
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3799
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2017/01/16/6
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2017/01/17/5
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/95750
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry