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CVE-2016-7529

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-7529 is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in ImageMagick's coders/xcf.c, allowing a denial of service via a crafted XCF file. It has a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, to achieve high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage for this vulnerability.

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
2.99%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0299 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 26,219 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 (5)

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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-7529Low

ImageMagick: out of bound heap read in XCF file coder

Jan 28, 2016

References

bugs.launchpad.net / ubuntu/+source/imagemagick/+bug/1539051
Issue Tracking
bugs.launchpad.net / ubuntu/+source/imagemagick/+bug/1539052
Issue Tracking
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
github.com / ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/a2e1064f288a353bc5fef7f79ccb7683759e775c
Patch
github.com / ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/103
Issue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
github.com / ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/104
Issue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/09/22/2
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/93131
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry