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CVE-2016-5689
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…
Critical9.8EPSS 5.4%
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- mitre
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 NULL pointer checks.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.4% · top 7.3% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (8)
- 91283 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/46-Various-invalid-memory-reads-in-ImageMagick-WPG%2C-DDS%2C-DCM.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/5511ef530576ed18fd636baa3bb4eda3d667665d (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/blob/7.0.1-7/ChangeLog (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/blob/6.9.4-5/ChangeLog (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20160617 Re: Various invalid memory reads in ImageMagick (WPG, DDS, DCM) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20160614 Various invalid memory reads in ImageMagick (WPG, DDS, DCM) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
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- 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)
Record last updated .