CVE-2016-5691
The DCM reader in ImageMagick before 6.9.4-5 and 7.x before 7.0.1-7 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact by leveraging lack of validation of (1) pixel.red, (2) pixel.green, and (3) pixel.blue.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (6.13%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The DCM reader in ImageMagick before 6.9.4-5 and 7.x before 7.0.1-7 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact by leveraging lack of validation of (1) pixel.red, (2) pixel.green, and (3) pixel.blue.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 6.13% probability · 93th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- oracle/solaris · imagemagick/imagemagick
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 6.1% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/14/5Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/3Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91283Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/46-Various-invalid-memory-reads-in-ImageMagick-WPG%2C-DDS%2C-DCM.html
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/blob/6.9.4-5/ChangeLogRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/blob/7.0.1-7/ChangeLogRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/5511ef530576ed18fd636baa3bb4eda3d667665dExploit, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/14/5Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/3Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91283Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/46-Various-invalid-memory-reads-in-ImageMagick-WPG%2C-DDS%2C-DCM.html
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/blob/6.9.4-5/ChangeLogRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/blob/7.0.1-7/ChangeLogRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/5511ef530576ed18fd636baa3bb4eda3d667665dExploit, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.