7.5

CVE-2006-2440: imagemagick

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2006-2440
Published 18-05-2006Last modified 07-08-2024
Open JSON
Some data may be incomplete
  • 1 reference with an unsupported link type was hidden.

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2006-2440 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in imagemagick. EPSS estimates a 2.86% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.86%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2
DSA-1168-1RHSA-2007:0015

Timeline

  1. 18-05-2006
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the libMagick component of ImageMagick 6.0.6.2 might allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via an image index array that triggers the overflow during filename glob expansion by the ExpandFilenames function.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.86%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

87%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.86% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
2.86%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • imagemagick< 6:6.2.4.5-0.6
Imagemagick1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

8 links