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CVE-2016-10252

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-10252 describes a memory leak vulnerability in the IsOptionMember function within ImageMagick versions prior to 6.9.2-2, also affecting products like ODR-PadEnc. This flaw allows attackers to trigger excessive memory consumption, leading to denial of service. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), it can be exploited remotely with low complexity and no user interaction, impacting availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 6.9.2-1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.82%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0182 is in the 60th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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-2016-10252Low

ImageMagick: Memory leak in isOptionMember function

Mar 7, 2017

References

git.imagemagick.org / repos/ImageMagick/commit/6790815c75bdea0357df5564345847856e995d6b
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
github.com / Opendigitalradio/ODR-PadEnc/issues/2
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3808