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critical 9.8

CVE-2016-5239 json

The gnuplot delegate functionality in ImageMagick before 6.9.4-0 and GraphicsMagick allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands v…

published 2017-03-15 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-6190

cvss
9.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.2%
EPSS 3.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 88%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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

Patch / fix

  • imagemagick Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 8:6.9.6.2+dfsg-2
  • graphicsmagick Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.3.24-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2016-5239

  • imagemagick Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.1
  • imagemagick Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.1
  • graphicsmagick Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 1.3.18-1ubuntu3.1
  • graphicsmagick Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 1.3.23-1ubuntu0.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5239

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • ImageMagick RHEL 6 6.7.2.7-5.el6_8
  • ImageMagick RHEL 7 6.7.8.9-15.el7_2
  • ImageMagick-c++ RHEL 6 6.7.2.7-5.el6_8
  • ImageMagick-c++ RHEL 7 6.7.8.9-15.el7_2
  • ImageMagick-perl RHEL 6 6.7.2.7-5.el6_8
  • ImageMagick-perl RHEL 7 6.7.8.9-15.el7_2

red hat advisories RHSA-2016:1237

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2016-5239 updated cvss 5.1

ImageMagick,GraphicsMagick: Gnuplot delegate vulnerability allowing command injection

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) ImageMagick 6.7.8.9-15.el7_2, ImageMagick-c++ 6.7.8.9-15.el7_2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) ImageMagick-perl 6.7.8.9-15.el7_2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) ImageMagick 6.7.8.9-15.el7_2, ImageMagick-c++ 6.7.8.9-15.el7_2, ImageMagick-perl 6.7.8.9-15.el7_2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) ImageMagick 6.7.2.7-5.el6_8, ImageMagick-c++ 6.7.2.7-5.el6_8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) ImageMagick-c++ 6.7.2.7-5.el6_8, ImageMagick-perl 6.7.2.7-5.el6_8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) ImageMagick 6.7.2.7-5.el6_8, ImageMagick-c++ 6.7.2.7-5.el6_8, ImageMagick-perl 6.7.2.7-5.el6_8
    +8 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) ImageMagick 6.7.2.7-5.el6_8, ImageMagick-c++ 6.7.2.7-5.el6_8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) ImageMagick 6.7.8.9-15.el7_2, ImageMagick-c++ 6.7.8.9-15.el7_2, ImageMagick-perl 6.7.8.9-15.el7_2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) ImageMagick-c++ 6.7.2.7-5.el6_8, ImageMagick-perl 6.7.2.7-5.el6_8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) ImageMagick-c++ 6.7.8.9-15.el7_2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) ImageMagick 6.7.2.7-5.el6_8, ImageMagick-c++ 6.7.2.7-5.el6_8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) ImageMagick 6.7.8.9-15.el7_2, ImageMagick-c++ 6.7.8.9-15.el7_2, ImageMagick-perl 6.7.8.9-15.el7_2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) ImageMagick-c++ 6.7.2.7-5.el6_8, ImageMagick-perl 6.7.2.7-5.el6_8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) ImageMagick-doc 6.7.8.9-15.el7_2, ImageMagick-devel 6.7.8.9-15.el7_2, ImageMagick-c++-devel 6.7.8.9-15.el7_2, ImageMagick-debuginfo 6.7.8.9-15.el7_2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:1237
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 ImageMagick
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

3.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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