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CVE-2016-7540

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-7540 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting ImageMagick versions prior to 6.9.4-10. It allows remote attackers to trigger an assertion failure by converting an image to the rgf format. With a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), this vulnerability can be exploited over a network with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and resulting in high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 6.9.4-9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/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
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.77%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0277 is in the 93rd 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 (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-7540Low

ImageMagick: writing to rgf format aborts

Jun 19, 2016

References

bugs.launchpad.net / ubuntu/+source/imagemagick/+bug/1594060
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/a0108a892f9ea3c2bb1e7a49b7d71376c2ecbff7
Patch
github.com / ImageMagick/ImageMagick/pull/223
Issue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/09/22/2
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/93228
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry