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CVE-2016-8677

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-8677 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting ImageMagick versions prior to 7.0.3-1, specifically within the AcquireQuantumPixels function. A remote attacker can trigger a memory allocation failure by providing a crafted image file, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the CVSS score is 8.8 (HIGH), there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 6.9.5-10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 7.0.0-0, < 7.0.3-1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
13.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.71%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0371 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 14,855 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
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
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2Fixed in: ImageMagick

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-8677Moderate

ImageMagick: Memory allocation failure in AcquireQuantumPixels

Sep 16, 2016

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2016-10/msg00107.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
blogs.gentoo.org / ago/2016/10/07/imagemagick-memory-allocate-failure-in-acquirequantumpixels-quantum-c
PatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatch
github.com / ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/6e48aa92ff4e6e95424300ecd52a9ea453c19c60
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/268
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3726
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/10/16/1
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/93598
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry