CVE-2016-7539

7.5 HIGH

Published: July 25, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026

Description

Memory leak in AcquireVirtualMemory in ImageMagick before 7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via unspecified vectors.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=28946

Source: security@debian.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/22/2

Source: security@debian.org

Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93232

Source: security@debian.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=833101

Source: security@debian.org

Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1378776

Source: security@debian.org

Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/4e81ce8b07219c69a9aeccb0f7f7b927ca6db74c

Source: security@debian.org

Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

http://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=28946

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Patch Vendor Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/22/2

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93232

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=833101

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1378776

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/4e81ce8b07219c69a9aeccb0f7f7b927ca6db74c

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

12 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

7.5 / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

2.9%

87th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-399

Affected Vendors

imagemagick

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