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CVE-2018-16749

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-16749 is a denial-of-service vulnerability in ImageMagick versions 7.0.7-29 and earlier, affecting various Linux distributions. It stems from a missing NULL check in the ReadOneJNGImage function, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to crash the application via a crafted JNG image file. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability requires user interaction (opening the malicious file) but can lead to high availability impact. There is currently no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 6.9.9-42CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 7.0.0-0, <= 7.0.7-29CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
18.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

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
2.29%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0229 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 26,236 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 (7)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: autotrace-0:0.31.1-38.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: emacs-1:24.3-23.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: ImageMagick-0:6.9.10.68-3.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: inkscape-0:0.92.2-3.el7
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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-16749Low

ImageMagick: reachable assertion in ReadOneJNGImage in coders/png.c

Sep 11, 2018

References

github.com / ImageMagick/ImageMagick6/commit/1007b98f8795ad4bea6bc5f68a32d83e982fdae4
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1119
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00002.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00007.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3785-1
Third Party Advisory