7.1

CVE-2016-10047: imagemagick Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CVSS: 7.1v2.0HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2016-10047DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10047
Published 23-03-2017Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-10047 is a high (CVSS 7.1) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in imagemagick. EPSS estimates a 1.78% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
29/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.1/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.78%
0%100%
Low · +0.05 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
DSA-3652-1

Timeline

  1. 23-03-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Memory leak in the NewXMLTree function in magick/xml-tree.c in ImageMagick before 6.9.4-7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted XML file.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.78%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

78%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.05 pp

From 1.73% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.78%

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

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • imagemagick< 8:6.9.6.2+dfsg-2
Imagemagick1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • imagemagick< 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.2

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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