CVE-2016-7518

MEDIUM 6.5CVE-2016-7518 · Published 20/04/2017 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2016-7518 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability affecting imagemagick (imagemagick).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 3.0%, higher than 87.3% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 6.9.4-0 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
imagemagick imagemagick	`< 6.9.4-0`	`6.9.4-0`

Description

The ReadSUNImage function in coders/sun.c in ImageMagick allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted SUN file.

References

openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/22/2 · Mailing List
securityfocus.com/bid/93130 · Third Party Advisory
bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/imagemagick/+bug/1533447 · Issue Tracking
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi · Issue Tracking
ImageMagick/ImageMagick · Issue Tracking

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

imagemagick

< 6.9.4-0

6.9.4-0

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