CVE-2016-6520

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

4.22% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 90.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Low. 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 01:29Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-08-02

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-125Out-of-bounds ReadBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

089a2b2ba14c4965c7cf600bd8349586b80c76ff808554eaf3be7229c92e8130

• www.securitytracker.com1036502http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036502vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160802 CVE Request ImageMagick buffer overflowhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/02/6mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.imagemagick.orghttp://www.imagemagick.org/script/changelog.phpx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160802 Re: CVE Request ImageMagick buffer overflowhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/02/10mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• github.comhttps://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/76401e172ea3a55182be2b8e2aca4d07270f6da6x_refsource_CONFIRM