5.5

CVE-2016-9298: imagemagick

CVSS: 5.5v3.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2016-9298
Published 27-01-2017Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-9298 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in imagemagick. EPSS estimates a 1.88% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79.1% 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
1.88%
0%100%
Low · -0.02 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
MGASA-2018-0229

Timeline

  1. 27-01-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Heap overflow in the WaveletDenoiseImage function in MagickCore/fx.c in ImageMagick before 6.9.6-4 and 7.x before 7.0.3-6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted image.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.88%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

79%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.02 pp

From 1.90% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.88%

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< 8:6.9.6.5+dfsg-1
Imagemagick1 product
  • imagemagick≤ 6.9.6-3 | 7.0.1-0 | 7.0.1-1 | 7.0.1-2 | 7.0.1-3 | 7.0.1-4 | 7.0.1-5 | 7.0.1-6 | 7.0.1-7 | 7.0.1-8 | 7.0.1-9 | 7.0.1-10 | 7.0.2-0 | 7.0.2-1 | 7.0.2-2 | 7.0.2-3 | 7.0.2-4 | 7.0.2-5 | 7.0.2-6 | 7.0.2-7 | 7.0.2-8 | 7.0.2-9 | 7.0.2-10 | 7.0.3-0 | 7.0.3-1 | 7.0.3-2 | 7.0.3-3 | 7.0.3-4 | 7.0.3-5

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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