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    CVE-2016-6491

    Buffer overflow in the Get8BIMProperty function in MagickCore/property.c in ImageMagick before 6.9.5-4 and 7.x before 7.0.2-6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read, memory leak, and crash) via a crafted image.

    Published:Jul 28, 2016
    Last Modified:Apr 12, 2025
    EPS:Dec 13, 2016
    EPSS Score:0.01227
    CVSS Score:8.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Imagemagick
    Product
    Imagemagick
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Solaris

    Exploits

    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/28/13http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/28/15http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/28/13http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/28/15

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-540 Overread Buffers

    Related CVEs

    CVE-2026-86425 (CVSS 4.8) — ImageMagick before 7.1.2-30 and 6.9.x before 6.9.13-55 contains a heap-use-after-free vulnerability in the Lay…
    CVE-2026-86424 (CVSS 2) — ImageMagick before 7.1.2-30 and 6.9.13-55 contains a time-of-check-time-of-use (TOCTOU) vulnerability in the v…
    CVE-2026-86422 (CVSS 1) — ImageMagick before 7.1.2-30 contains a time-of-check-time-of-use vulnerability in path policy enforcement on W…
    CVE-2026-86423 (CVSS 4.8) — ImageMagick before 7.1.2-30 and 6.9.x before 6.9.13-55 contains a heap-use-after-free vulnerability in the Get…
    CVE-2026-86421 (CVSS 6.3) — ImageMagick before 7.1.2-30 and 6.9.13-55 contains a memory leak in the MSL image decoder. A crafted MSL image…
    CVE-2026-86420 (CVSS 6.3) — ImageMagick before 7.1.2-30 and 6.9.13-55 fails to properly lower the memory budget when an operation inside O…
    CVE-2026-62946 (CVSS 5.1) — ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. In versions pri…
    CVE-2026-62363 (CVSS 5) — ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. In versions pri…
    CVE-2026-62343 (CVSS 4.7) — ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. In versions pri…
    CVE-2026-64685 (CVSS 5.3) — ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. In versions pri…

    References

    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/28/13
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/28/15
    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92186
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036501
    https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/blob/6.9.5-4/ChangeLog
    https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/dd84447b63a71fa8c3f47071b09454efc667767b
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-21
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/28/13
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/28/15
    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92186
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036501
    https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/blob/6.9.5-4/ChangeLog
    https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/dd84447b63a71fa8c3f47071b09454efc667767b
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-21

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High