CVE-2006-5868
Multiple buffer overflows in Imagemagick 6.0 before 6.0.6.2, and 6.2 before 6.2.4.5, has unknown impact and user-assisted attack vectors via a crafted SGI image.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.89%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Multiple buffer overflows in Imagemagick 6.0 before 6.0.6.2, and 6.2 before 6.2.4.5, has unknown impact and user-assisted attack vectors via a crafted SGI image.
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 2.89% probability · 87th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- imagemagick/imagemagick · debian/debian linux · canonical/ubuntu linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.9% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070201-01-P.ascBroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22998Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23101Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23219Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24186Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24284Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1213Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:223Third Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0015.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21185Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-386-1Third Party Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10612Third Party Advisory
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070201-01-P.ascBroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22998Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23101Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23219Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24186Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24284Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1213Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:223Third Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0015.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21185Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-386-1Third Party Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10612Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.