5.5

CVE-2016-5240: graphicsmagick Improper Input Validation

CVSS: 5.5v3.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2016-5240DEBIAN-CVE-2016-5240
Published 27-02-2017Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-5240 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in graphicsmagick. EPSS estimates a 2.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.18%
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 · Related 1
DLA-547-1DSA-3746-1MGASA-2016-0252RHSA-2016:1237SUSE-SU-2016:1783-1

Timeline

  1. 27-02-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The DrawDashPolygon function in magick/render.c in GraphicsMagick before 1.3.24 and the SVG renderer in ImageMagick allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) by converting a circularly defined SVG file.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.18%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

82%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.18% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
2.18%

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
  • graphicsmagick< 1.3.24-1
Graphicsmagick1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • graphicsmagick< 1.3.18-1ubuntu3.1 | < 1.3.23-1ubuntu0.1

3 vendors · 3 products

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