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CVE-2016-5687

31
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-5687 is a critical out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the DDS coder's VerticalFilter function within ImageMagick versions prior to 6.9.4-3 and 7.0.1-4, affecting ImageMagick and Oracle Solaris. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it allows remote attackers to achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability without user interaction. Despite its high severity and FAUCET Risk Score of 79/100, 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
<= 6.9.4-2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0.1-0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.1-0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0.1-1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.1-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0.1-2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.1-2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0.1-3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.1-3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
4.78%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0478 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 36,897 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

Vendor Patches (4)

redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: ImageMagick
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: ImageMagick
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: ImageMagick
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2Fixed in: ImageMagick

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-5687Low

ImageMagick: Out-of-bounds memory read in VerticalFilter()

Jun 14, 2016

References

blog.fuzzing-project.org / 46-Various-invalid-memory-reads-in-ImageMagick-WPG%2C-DDS%2C-DCM.html
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/06/14/5
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/3
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/91283
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry