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CVE-2018-16413

29
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-16413 is a high-severity heap-based buffer over-read vulnerability affecting ImageMagick 7.0.8-11 Q16. This flaw, specifically within the PushShortPixel function called by ParseImageResourceBlocks, could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to trigger a denial of service, information disclosure, or arbitrary code execution by enticing a user to process a specially crafted file. Despite its high CVSS score of 8.8, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.0.8-11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.8-11:q16:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/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
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.23%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0423 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 14,875 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-16413Low

ImageMagick: heap-based buffer over-read in the PushShortPixel function in MagickCore/quantum-private.h

Aug 19, 2018

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00006.html
github.com / ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1249
ExploitThird Party Advisory
github.com / ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1251
ExploitThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00002.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 4034-1
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4316
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/105241
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry