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CVE-2016-8866

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-8866 is a memory allocation failure vulnerability in the AcquireMagickMemory function of ImageMagick versions 7.0.3.3 through 7.0.3.7, affecting various ImageMagick and openSUSE products. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) can be triggered remotely by a crafted image, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the attack complexity is low, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 6.9.6-6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 7.0.0-0, <= 7.0.3-7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
42.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
42.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
13.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
4.61%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0461 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 14,855 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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)

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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-8866Moderate

ImageMagick: Memory allocation failure in AcquireMagickMemory (incomplete fix for CVE-2016-8862)

Oct 20, 2016

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00085.html
Broken LinkThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2017-01/msg00006.html
Broken LinkThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00141.html
Broken LinkThird Party Advisory
blogs.gentoo.org / ago/2016/10/20/imagemagick-memory-allocation-failure-in-acquiremagickmemory-memory-c-incomplete-fix-for-cve-2016-8862
ExploitThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
github.com / ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/271
ExploitThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/10/20/3
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/10/21/5
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory