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CVE-2016-5688

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-5688 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting ImageMagick versions prior to 6.9.4-4 and 7.0.1-5, as well as Oracle Solaris. It involves a heap-based buffer overflow or invalid write operations within the WPG parser, triggered by specially crafted image files when a memory limit is set. With a CVSS score of 8.1 (High), this vulnerability allows remote attackers to achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability with high complexity, requiring no user interaction. 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
11.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 6.9.4-3CPE 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.1HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.82%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0482 is in the 58th percentile among its peer group of 8,915 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: ImageMagick
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: ImageMagick
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: ImageMagick
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2Fixed in: ImageMagick

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-5688Moderate

ImageMagick: Heap overflow and random invalid memory writes in WPg parser

Jun 14, 2016

References

blog.fuzzing-project.org / 46-Various-invalid-memory-reads-in-ImageMagick-WPG%2C-DDS%2C-DCM.html
github.com / ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/aecd0ada163a4d6c769cec178955d5f3e9316f2f
PatchVendor Advisory
github.com / ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/fc43974d34318c834fbf78570ca1a3764ed8c7d7
PatchVendor Advisory
github.com / ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commits/6.9.4-4
PatchVendor Advisory
github.com / ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commits/7.0.1-5
PatchVendor Advisory
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