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CVE-2016-7524

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-7524 describes an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in ImageMagick's coders/meta.c, allowing remote attackers to trigger a denial of service via a specially crafted file. With a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), this vulnerability has a network attack vector and low attack complexity, but requires user interaction to exploit, leading to high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 6.9.4-0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.19%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0219 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 26,220 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-7524

ImageMagick: heap-buffer-overflow in coders/meta.c

Jan 24, 2016

References

bugs.launchpad.net / ubuntu/+source/imagemagick/+bug/1537422
ExploitThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
github.com / ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/97c9f438a9b3454d085895f4d1f66389fd22a0fb
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/f8c318d462270b03e77f082e2a3a32867cacd3c6
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/96
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/09/22/2
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory