9.8

CVE-2016-5239: imagemagick Improper Access Control

CVSS: 9.8v3.0CriticalModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2016-5239DEBIAN-CVE-2016-5239
Published 15-03-2017Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-5239 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Improper Access Control vulnerability in imagemagick. EPSS estimates a 3.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.16%
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 5
DLA-1456-1DLA-484-1DLA-486-1DSA-3580-1RHSA-2016:1237

Timeline

  1. 15-03-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The gnuplot delegate functionality in ImageMagick before 6.9.4-0 and GraphicsMagick allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via unspecified vectors.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

3.16%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

88%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 3.16% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
3.16%

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

Debian2 products
  • graphicsmagick< 1.3.24-1
  • imagemagick< 8:6.9.6.2+dfsg-2
Ubuntu2 products
  • graphicsmagick< 1.3.18-1ubuntu3.1 | < 1.3.23-1ubuntu0.1
  • imagemagick< 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.1 | < 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.1
Imagemagick1 product

3 vendors · 5 products

References

9 links