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CVE-2016-9556
The IsPixelGray function in MagickCore/pixel-accessor.h in ImageMagick 7.0.3-8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service…
Medium5.5EPSS 2.3%
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- mitre
Description
The IsPixelGray function in MagickCore/pixel-accessor.h in ImageMagick 7.0.3-8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read) via a crafted image file.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.3% · top 17% 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: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (9)
- 94492 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/ce98a7acbcfca7f0a178f4b1e7b957e419e0cc99 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/11/19/imagemagick-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-ispixelgray-pixel-accessor-h (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:3024 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20161122 Re: imagemagick: heap-based buffer overflow in IsPixelGray (pixel-accessor.h) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20161202 Re: Re: imagemagick: heap-based buffer overflow in IsPixelGray (pixel-accessor.h) (Incomplete fix for CVE-2016-9556) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20161201 imagemagick: heap-based buffer overflow in IsPixelGray (pixel-accessor.h) (Incomplete fix for CVE-2016-9556) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1398198 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-3726 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- 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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