CVE-2016-5239
The gnuplot delegate functionality in ImageMagick before 6.9.4-0 and GraphicsMagick allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via unspecified vectors.
02 Description
The gnuplot delegate functionality in ImageMagick before 6.9.4-0 and GraphicsMagick allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via unspecified vectors.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.16% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 87.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2017-03-15 19:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 00:53Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-06-02
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 8a51a8fe79794ea03e2d9268cfb6d05e9d055b298cee0eccf72f6e8ed9713686
05 Affected products
06 References
- git.imagemagick.orghttp://git.imagemagick.org/repos/ImageMagick/commit/70a2cf326ed32bedee144b961005c63846541a16
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2016:1237https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1237
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
- www.securityfocus.com91018http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91018
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160602 Re: ImageMagick CVEshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/02/13
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20180803 [SECURITY] [DLA 1456-1] graphicsmagick security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00002.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- graphicsmagick Fixed in 1.3.24-1
- imagemagick Fixed in 8:6.9.6.2+dfsg-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- graphicsmagick Fixed in 1.3.24-1
- imagemagick Fixed in 8:6.9.6.2+dfsg-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- graphicsmagick Fixed in 1.3.24-1
- imagemagick Fixed in 8:6.9.6.2+dfsg-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- graphicsmagick Fixed in 1.3.18-1ubuntu3.1
- imagemagick Fixed in 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- graphicsmagick Fixed in 1.3.23-1ubuntu0.1
- imagemagick Fixed in 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.