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CVE-2016-5239

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-5239 is a critical vulnerability affecting ImageMagick (before 6.9.4-0) and GraphicsMagick, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands through their gnuplot delegate functionality. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with no user interaction, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 6.9.3-9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/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
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.16%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0316 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 36,833 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 (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: ImageMagick-0:6.7.2.7-5.el6_8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: ImageMagick-0:6.7.8.9-15.el7_2
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-5239Moderate

ImageMagick,GraphicsMagick: Gnuplot delegate vulnerability allowing command injection

May 8, 2016

References

git.imagemagick.org / repos/ImageMagick/commit/70a2cf326ed32bedee144b961005c63846541a16
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016:1237
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00002.html
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/06/02/13
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
securityfocus.com / bid/91018
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry