CVE-2016-6491

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6491
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-6491.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-6491
Downstream
ALPINE (1)
DEBIAN (1)
MGASA (1)
SUSE (2)
UBUNTU (1)
Related
SUSE (2)
Published
2016-12-13T15:59:09Z
Modified
2026-08-07T15:18:30Z
Severity
  • 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

Buffer overflow in the Get8BIMProperty function in MagickCore/property.c in ImageMagick before 6.9.5-4 and 7.x before 7.0.2-6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read, memory leak, and crash) via a crafted image.

Database specific 
{
    "unresolved_ranges":  [
        {
            "cpes":  [
                "cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.1-0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "extracted_events":  [
                {
                    "introduced":  "7.0.1-0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected":  "7.0.1-0"
                }
            ],
            "source":  "CPE_STRING",
            "vendor_product":  "imagemagick:imagemagick"
        },
        {
            "cpes":  [
                "cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "extracted_events":  [
                {
                    "introduced":  "10.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected":  "10.0"
                },
                {
                    "introduced":  "11.3"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected":  "11.3"
                }
            ],
            "source":  "CPE_STRING",
            "vendor_product":  "oracle:solaris"
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/imagemagick/imagemagick

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/imagemagick/imagemagick
Events
Introduced
e46b7d19de7914881986ef939f690facc7a0198d
Last Affected
98f90370b548e09494b1ee5c05d03e19d6e476af
Fixed
dd84447b63a71fa8c3f47071b09454efc667767b
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "cpe":  [
        "cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.1-0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.1-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.1-2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.1-3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.1-4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.1-5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.1-6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.1-7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.1-8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.1-9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.1-10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.2-0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.2-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.2-2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.2-3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.2-4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.2-5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
    ],
    "extracted_events":  [
        {
            "introduced":  "7.0.1-0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected":  "7.0.1-0"
        },
        {
            "introduced":  "7.0.1-1"
        },
        {
            "last_affected":  "7.0.1-1"
        },
        {
            "introduced":  "7.0.1-2"
        },
        {
            "last_affected":  "7.0.1-2"
        },
        {
            "introduced":  "7.0.1-3"
        },
        {
            "last_affected":  "7.0.1-3"
        },
        {
            "introduced":  "7.0.1-4"
        },
        {
            "last_affected":  "7.0.1-4"
        },
        {
            "introduced":  "7.0.1-5"
        },
        {
            "last_affected":  "7.0.1-5"
        },
        {
            "introduced":  "7.0.1-6"
        },
        {
            "last_affected":  "7.0.1-6"
        },
        {
            "introduced":  "7.0.1-7"
        },
        {
            "last_affected":  "7.0.1-7"
        },
        {
            "introduced":  "7.0.1-8"
        },
        {
            "last_affected":  "7.0.1-8"
        },
        {
            "introduced":  "7.0.1-9"
        },
        {
            "last_affected":  "7.0.1-9"
        },
        {
            "introduced":  "7.0.1-10"
        },
        {
            "last_affected":  "7.0.1-10"
        },
        {
            "introduced":  "7.0.2-0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected":  "7.0.2-0"
        },
        {
            "introduced":  "7.0.2-1"
        },
        {
            "last_affected":  "7.0.2-1"
        },
        {
            "introduced":  "7.0.2-2"
        },
        {
            "last_affected":  "7.0.2-2"
        },
        {
            "introduced":  "7.0.2-3"
        },
        {
            "last_affected":  "7.0.2-3"
        },
        {
            "introduced":  "7.0.2-4"
        },
        {
            "last_affected":  "7.0.2-4"
        },
        {
            "introduced":  "7.0.2-5"
        },
        {
            "last_affected":  "7.0.2-5"
        }
    ],
    "source":  [
        "CPE_STRING",
        "REFERENCES"
    ]
}

Affected versions

7.*
7.0.1-0
7.0.1-1
7.0.1-10
7.0.1-2
7.0.1-3
7.0.1-4
7.0.1-5
7.0.1-6
7.0.1-7
7.0.1-8
7.0.1-9
7.0.2-0
7.0.2-1
7.0.2-2
7.0.2-3
7.0.2-4
7.0.2-5

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-6491.json"
vanir_signatures 
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        "deprecated":  false,
        "digest":  {
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            ],
            "threshold":  0.9
        },
        "id":  "CVE-2016-6491-c0e0875a",
        "signature_type":  "Line",
        "signature_version":  "v1",
        "source":  "https://github.com/imagemagick/imagemagick/commit/dd84447b63a71fa8c3f47071b09454efc667767b",
        "target":  {
            "file":  "MagickCore/property.c"
        }
    },
    {
        "deprecated":  false,
        "digest":  {
            "function_hash":  "49450834786374495517076233315258723851",
            "length":  3131
        },
        "id":  "CVE-2016-6491-d7d6582e",
        "signature_type":  "Function",
        "signature_version":  "v1",
        "source":  "https://github.com/imagemagick/imagemagick/commit/dd84447b63a71fa8c3f47071b09454efc667767b",
        "target":  {
            "file":  "MagickCore/property.c",
            "function":  "Get8BIMProperty"
        }
    }
]
vanir_signatures_modified 
"2026-08-07T15:18:30Z"

Git / github.com/imagemagick/imagemagick6

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/imagemagick/imagemagick6
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last Affected
ee58391aabd78becbe67878f6d4270a37eff9d6f
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "cpe":  "cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events":  [
        {
            "introduced":  "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected":  "6.9.5-3"
        }
    ],
    "source":  "CPE_RANGE"
}

Affected versions

6.*
6.9.4-0
6.9.4-1
6.9.4-10
6.9.4-2
6.9.4-3
6.9.4-4
6.9.4-5
6.9.4-6
6.9.4-7
6.9.4-8
6.9.4-9
6.9.5-0
6.9.5-1
6.9.5-2
6.9.5-3

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-6491.json"