CVE-2016-6491
8.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.94%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2016-6491
To remediate CVE-2016-6491, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/imagemagick—upgrade to 6.9.6.8-r0 or later
- —upgrade to 8:6.9.6.2+dfsg-2 or later
Is CVE-2016-6491 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.9%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 6.9.6.8-r0
- from 0, < 8:6.9.6.2+dfsg-2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |