7.8

CVE-2016-7539: imagemagick Resource Management Errors

CVSS: 7.8v2.0HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2016-7539DEBIAN-CVE-2016-7539
Published 25-07-2017Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-7539 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in imagemagick. EPSS estimates a 4.87% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
32/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
4.87%
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 4 · Related 2
DLA-731-1DSA-3652-1SUSE-SU-2016:2667-1USN-3131-1

Timeline

  1. 25-07-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Memory leak in AcquireVirtualMemory in ImageMagick before 7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via unspecified vectors.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

4.87%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

92%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 4.87% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
4.87%

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< 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.2 | < 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.2

3 vendors · 3 products

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