CVE-2016-6823

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

4.88% 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

7.5 (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:N/I:N/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

2017-01-18 17:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 01:43Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-08-16

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-190Integer Overflow or WraparoundBase
• CWE-125Out-of-bounds ReadBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

5701fffa9a90c58b05291982f220e87602d9b6af7cfcdfabaaa3641031ab711d

• bugs.debian.orghttps://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=834504x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com93158http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93158vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• github.comhttps://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/4cc6ec8a4197d4c008577127736bf7985d632323x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160926 CVE-2016-6823 - ImageMagick BMP Coder Out-Of-Bounds Write Vulnerabilityhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/26/3mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST