CVE-2016-5688

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

4.82% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 91.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/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.

Published

2016-12-13 15:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 01:07Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-06-16

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
• CWE-122Heap-based Buffer OverflowVariant

Data version

5.1

Document digest

187e30b7f290fde578106a68e0f00e0a43d27a42869675c44ee418a4a9a34665

• github.comhttps://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commits/7.0.1-5x_refsource_CONFIRM
• github.comhttps://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commits/6.9.4-4x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com91283http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91283vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• blog.fuzzing-project.orghttps://blog.fuzzing-project.org/46-Various-invalid-memory-reads-in-ImageMagick-WPG%2C-DDS%2C-DCM.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• github.comhttps://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/aecd0ada163a4d6c769cec178955d5f3e9316f2fx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160617 Re: Various invalid memory reads in ImageMagick (WPG, DDS, DCM)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/17/3mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• github.comhttps://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/fc43974d34318c834fbf78570ca1a3764ed8c7d7x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160614 Various invalid memory reads in ImageMagick (WPG, DDS, DCM)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/14/5mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST