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CVE-2016-5241

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-5241 is a denial-of-service vulnerability in GraphicsMagick versions prior to 1.3.24, affecting products like Debian and openSUSE. An attacker can trigger an arithmetic exception and application crash by providing a specially crafted SVG file, requiring user interaction to open the malicious file. Rated Medium (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity but can lead to high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it is not a widely targeted threat.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.3.23CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:graphicsmagick:graphicsmagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
42.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
13.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.55%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
72.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0155 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 5,757 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00000.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00037.html
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue Tracking
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00009.html
Third Party Advisory
graphicsmagick.org / NEWS.html
Release NotesVendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/05/01/6
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/06/02/14
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/89348
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry