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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…
High9.3EPSS 2.9%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 8 days later
· 8 days later
Published
- 18 years later
· 18 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.9% · top 13% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (11)
- 23101 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10612 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 21185 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 24284 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 23219 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDKSA-2006:223 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- RHSA-2007:0015 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- USN-386-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 22998 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 24186 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-1213 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2006-5868)Record last updated .