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CVE-2016-7534

The generic decoder in ImageMagick allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of...

6.5 MediumFix available

The generic decoder in ImageMagick allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access) via a crafted file.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

3.31%Up 2.0 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.5

The generic decoder in ImageMagick allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access) via a crafted file.

Record
CVE-2016-7534
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0
4.3 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness
CWE-125
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

The generic decoder in ImageMagick allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access) via a crafted file.

Record
CVE-2016-7534
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-8387 No score

The generic decoder in ImageMagick allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access) via a crafted file.

Record
EUVD-2016-8387
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4qhx-g5hg-wvgv 6.5

The generic decoder in ImageMagick allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of...

The generic decoder in ImageMagick allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access) via a crafted file.

Record
GHSA-4qhx-g5hg-wvgv
CVSS 3.0
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-125
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 6.5

The generic decoder in ImageMagick allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access) via a crafted file.

Record
CVE-2016-7534
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2016-7534 6.5

The generic decoder in ImageMagick allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access) via a crafted file.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2016-7534
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2016-7534 6.5

The generic decoder in ImageMagick allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access) via a crafted file.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7534
CVSS 3.1
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 3.0
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2016:2667-1 No score

Security update for ImageMagick

This update for ImageMagick fixes the following issues:

These vulnerabilities could be triggered by processing specially crafted image files, which could lead to a process crash or resource consumtion, or potentially have unspecified futher impact.

  • CVE-2016-8684: Mismatch between real filesize and header values (bsc#1005123)
  • CVE-2016-8683: Check that filesize is reasonable compared to the header value (bsc#1005127)
  • CVE-2016-8682: Stack-buffer read overflow while reading SCT header (bsc#1005125)
  • CVE-2016-8677: Memory allocation failure in AcquireQuantumPixels (bsc#1005328)
  • CVE-2016-7996, CVE-2016-7997: WPG Reader Issues (bsc#1003629)
  • CVE-2016-7800: 8BIM/8BIMW unsigned underflow leads to heap overflow (bsc#1002422)
  • CVE-2016-7799: mogrify global buffer overflow (bsc#1002421)
  • CVE-2016-7540: writing to RGF format aborts (bsc#1000394)
  • CVE-2016-7539: Potential DOS by not releasing memory (bsc#1000715)
  • CVE-2016-7538: SIGABRT for corrupted pdb file (bsc#1000712)
  • CVE-2016-7537: Out of bound access for corrupted pdb file (bsc#1000711)
  • CVE-2016-7535: Out of bound access for corrupted psd file (bsc#1000709)
  • CVE-2016-7534: Out of bound access in generic decoder (bsc#1000708)
  • CVE-2016-7533: Wpg file out of bound for corrupted file (bsc#1000707)
  • CVE-2016-7532: fix handling of corrupted psd file (bsc#1000706)
  • CVE-2016-7531: Pbd file out of bound access (bsc#1000704)
  • CVE-2016-7530: Out of bound in quantum handling (bsc#1000703)
  • CVE-2016-7529: Out-of-bound in quantum handling (bsc#1000399)
  • CVE-2016-7528: Out-of-bound access in xcf file coder (bsc#1000434)
  • CVE-2016-7527: Out-of-bound access in wpg file coder: (bsc#1000436)
  • CVE-2016-7526: out-of-bounds write in ./MagickCore/pixel-accessor.h (bsc#1000702)
  • CVE-2016-7525: Heap buffer overflow in psd file coder (bsc#1000701)
  • CVE-2016-7524: AddressSanitizer:heap-buffer-overflow READ of size 1 in meta.c:465 (bsc#1000700)
  • CVE-2016-7523: AddressSanitizer:heap-buffer-overflow READ of size 1 meta.c:496 (bsc#1000699)
  • CVE-2016-7522: Out of bound access for malformed psd file (bsc#1000698)
  • CVE-2016-7521: Heap buffer overflow in psd file handling (bsc#1000697)
  • CVE-2016-7520: Heap overflow in hdr file handling (bsc#1000696)
  • CVE-2016-7519: Out-of-bounds read in coders/rle.c (bsc#1000695)
  • CVE-2016-7518: Out-of-bounds read in coders/sun.c (bsc#1000694)
  • CVE-2016-7517: Out-of-bounds read in coders/pict.c (bsc#1000693)
  • CVE-2016-7516: Out-of-bounds problem in rle, pict, viff and sun files (bsc#1000692)
  • CVE-2016-7515: Rle file handling for corrupted file (bsc#1000689)
  • CVE-2016-7514: Out-of-bounds read in coders/psd.c (bsc#1000688)
  • CVE-2016-7513: Off-by-one error leading to segfault (bsc#1000686)
  • CVE-2016-7101: raphicsMagick: SGI Coder Out-Of-Bounds Read Vulnerability (bsc#1001221)
  • CVE-2016-6823: raphicsMagick: BMP Coder Out-Of-Bounds Write Vulnerability (bsc#1001066)
  • CVE-2015-8959: dOS due to corrupted DDS files (bsc#1000713)
  • CVE-2015-8958: Potential DOS in sun file handling due to malformed files (bsc#1000691)
  • CVE-2015-8957: Buffer overflow in sun file handling (bsc#1000690)
  • CVE-2014-9907: DOS due to corrupted DDS files (bsc#1000714)
  • Buffer overflows in SIXEL, PDB, MAP, and TIFF coders (bsc#1002209)
  • Divide by zero in WriteTIFFImage (bsc#1002206)
Record
SUSE-SU-2016:2667-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-3131-1 No score

imagemagick vulnerabilities

It was discovered that ImageMagick incorrectly handled certain malformed image files. If a user or automated system using ImageMagick were tricked into opening a specially crafted image, an attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute code with the privileges of the user invoking the program.

Record
USN-3131-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
imagemagick
Debian:12
before 8:6.9.6.2+dfsg-2
8:6.9.6.2+dfsg-2
imagemagick
Debian:13
before 8:6.9.6.2+dfsg-2
8:6.9.6.2+dfsg-2
imagemagick
Debian:14
before 8:6.9.6.2+dfsg-2
8:6.9.6.2+dfsg-2
imagemagick
Debian:7
From an advisory covering 94 CVEs
before 8:6.7.7.10-5+deb7u8, plus listed versions
8:6.7.7.10-58:6.7.7.10-5+deb7u28:6.7.7.10-5+deb7u38:6.7.7.10-5+deb7u48:6.7.7.10-5+deb7u58:6.7.7.10-5+deb7u68:6.7.7.10-5+deb7u7
8:6.7.7.10-5+deb7u8
imagemagick
Debian:8
From an advisory covering 52 CVEs
before 8:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u4, plus listed versions
8:6.8.9.9-58:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u18:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u28:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u3
8:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u4
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1
From an advisory covering 41 CVEs
before 6.8.8.1-40.1
6.8.8.1-40.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1
From an advisory covering 41 CVEs
before 6.8.8.1-40.1
6.8.8.1-40.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
From an advisory covering 41 CVEs
before 6.8.8.1-40.1
6.8.8.1-40.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
From an advisory covering 41 CVEs
before 6.8.8.1-40.1
6.8.8.1-40.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP1
From an advisory covering 41 CVEs
before 6.8.8.1-40.1
6.8.8.1-40.1
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
imagemagick
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
before 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.2, plus listed versions
8:6.7.7.10-5ubuntu38:6.7.7.10-5ubuntu48:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu18:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu28:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu38:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.1
8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.2
imagemagick
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
before 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.2, plus listed versions
8:6.8.9.9-5ubuntu28:6.8.9.9-68:6.8.9.9-6build18:6.8.9.9-78:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu1
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8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu28:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu38:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu48:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu58:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.1
8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.2
imagemagick
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
From an advisory covering 103 CVEs
before 8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.2, plus listed versions
8:6.7.7.10-5ubuntu38:6.7.7.10-5ubuntu48:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu18:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu28:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu38:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.1
8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.2
imagemagick
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
From an advisory covering 103 CVEs
before 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.2, plus listed versions
8:6.8.9.9-5ubuntu28:6.8.9.9-68:6.8.9.9-6build18:6.8.9.9-78:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu1
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8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu28:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu38:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu48:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu58:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.1
8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.2

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2016-7534 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Imagemagick, published August 25, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.31%, the 88th percentile. Fixed in imagemagick 8:6.9.6.2+dfsg-2.

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