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CVE-2016-6520

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-6520 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in ImageMagick versions prior to 7.0.2-7, specifically within the MagickCore/enhance.c component. This flaw allows remote attackers to achieve high confidentiality and availability impact without user interaction. Despite its critical CVSS score of 9.1, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are public exploit tools like Metasploit or ExploitDB available, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 7.0.0-0, < 7.0.2-7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.1CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.22%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0422 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 36,835 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 (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-6520Low

ImageMagick: out-of-bounds read in enhance.c

Aug 1, 2016

References

github.com / ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/76401e172ea3a55182be2b8e2aca4d07270f6da6
PatchThird Party Advisory
imagemagick.org / script/changelog.php
Release NotesVendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/08/02/10
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/08/02/6
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
securitytracker.com / id/1036502
PatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry