CVE-2016-7540

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

2.77% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 85.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/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

2017-04-20 18:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 02:04Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-09-09

Assigning CNA

debian

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-19

Data version

5.1

Document digest

aace5c30c49e55f5856b476fc2b00df8d6b8eeda1941bddf7c6aebc48e217592

• github.comhttps://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/a0108a892f9ea3c2bb1e7a49b7d71376c2ecbff7x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160922 Re: CVE Requests: Various ImageMagick issues (as reported in the Debian BTS)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/22/2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• github.comhttps://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/pull/223x_refsource_CONFIRM
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1378777x_refsource_CONFIRM
• bugs.launchpad.nethttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/imagemagick/+bug/1594060x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com93228http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93228vdb-entryx_refsource_BID