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CVE-2016-7906 json

magick/attribute.c in ImageMagick 7.0.3-2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via a crafted file.

published 2017-01-18 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-8755

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.7%
EPSS 1.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 77%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

magick/attribute.c in ImageMagick 7.0.3-2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via a crafted file.

Patch / fix

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

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2016-7906

  • imagemagick Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.3

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7906

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 Alpine 3.3, Alpine 3.2 6.9.6.8-r0
  • imagemagick Alpine 3.4 6.9.5.9-r1

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2016-7906

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • imagemagick Arch Linux 6.9.6.0-1

arch linux advisories AVG-40

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-2016-7906 updated cvss 5.1

ImageMagick: Mogrify heap-use-after-free in attribute.c

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 ImageMagick, ImageMagick-c++, ImageMagick-perl Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 ImageMagick, ImageMagick-c++, ImageMagick-perl Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 ImageMagick
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • 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

1.72% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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