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CVE-2016-10048

Directory traversal vulnerability in magick/module.c in ImageMagick 6.9.4-7 allows remote...

7.5 HighFix available

Directory traversal vulnerability in magick/module.c in ImageMagick 6.9.4-7 allows remote attackers to load arbitrary modules via unspecified vectors.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

6.53%Up 5.2 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.5

Directory traversal vulnerability in magick/module.c in ImageMagick 6.9.4-7 allows remote attackers to load arbitrary modules via unspecified vectors.

Record
CVE-2016-10048
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness
CWE-22
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Directory traversal vulnerability in magick/module.c in ImageMagick 6.9.4-7 allows remote attackers to load arbitrary modules via unspecified vectors.

Record
CVE-2016-10048
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-1242 No score

Directory traversal vulnerability in magick/module.c in ImageMagick 6.9.4-7 allows remote attackers to load arbitrary modules via unspecified vectors.

Record
EUVD-2016-1242
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-c3pw-9g68-56j8 7.5

Directory traversal vulnerability in magick/module.c in ImageMagick 6.9.4-7 allows remote...

Directory traversal vulnerability in magick/module.c in ImageMagick 6.9.4-7 allows remote attackers to load arbitrary modules via unspecified vectors.

Record
GHSA-c3pw-9g68-56j8
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weakness
CWE-22
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 7.5

Directory traversal vulnerability in magick/module.c in ImageMagick 6.9.4-7 allows remote attackers to load arbitrary modules via unspecified vectors.

Record
CVE-2016-10048
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2016-10048 7.5

Directory traversal vulnerability in magick/module.c in ImageMagick 6.9.4-7 allows remote attackers to load arbitrary modules via unspecified vectors.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10048
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2016-10048 7.5

Directory traversal vulnerability in magick/module.c in ImageMagick 6.9.4-7 allows remote attackers to load arbitrary modules via unspecified vectors.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10048
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2017:0518-1 No score

Security update for GraphicsMagick

This update for GraphicsMagick fixes several issues.

These security issues were fixed:

  • CVE-2016-10048: Arbitrary module could have been load because relative path were not escaped (bsc#1017310).
  • CVE-2016-10049: Corrupt RLE files could have overflowed a buffer due to a incorrect length calculation (bsc#1017311).
  • CVE-2016-10050: Corrupt RLE files could have overflowed a heap buffer due to a missing offset check (bsc#1017312).
  • CVE-2016-10051: Fixed use after free when reading PWP files (bsc#1017313).
  • CVE-2016-10059: Unchecked calculation when reading TIFF files could have lead to a buffer overflow (bsc#1017318).
  • CVE-2016-10064: Improved checks for buffer overflow when reading TIFF files (bsc#1017321).
  • CVE-2016-10065: Unchecked calculations when reading VIFF files could have lead to out of bound reads (bsc#1017322).
  • CVE-2016-10068: Prevent NULL pointer access when using the MSL interpreter (bsc#1017324).
  • CVE-2016-10070: Prevent allocating the wrong amount of memory when reading mat files (bsc#1017326).
  • CVE-2016-10146: Captions and labels were handled incorrectly, causing a memory leak that could have lead to DoS (bsc#1020443).
  • CVE-2017-5511: A missing cast when reading PSD files could have caused memory corruption by a heap overflow (bsc#1020448).
Record
SUSE-SU-2017:0518-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2017:0529-1 No score

Security update for ImageMagick

This update for ImageMagick fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2016-10046: Prevent buffer overflow in draw.c caused by an incorrect length calculation (bsc#1017308)
  • CVE-2016-10048: Arbitrary module could have been load because relative path were not escaped (bsc#1017310)
  • CVE-2016-10049: Corrupt RLE files could have overflowed a buffer due to a incorrect length calculation (bsc#1017311)
  • CVE-2016-10050: Corrupt RLE files could have overflowed a heap buffer due to a missing offset check (bsc#1017312)
  • CVE-2016-10051: Fixed use after free when reading PWP files (bsc#1017313)
  • CVE-2016-10052: Added bound check to exif parsing of JPEG files (bsc#1017314)
  • CVE-2016-10059: Unchecked calculation when reading TIFF files could have lead to a buffer overflow (bsc#1017318)
  • CVE-2016-10060: Improved error handling when writing files to not mask errors (bsc#1017319)
  • CVE-2016-10061: Improved error handling when writing files to not mask errors (bsc#1017319).
  • CVE-2016-10062: Improved error handling when writing files to not mask errors (bsc#1017319).
  • CVE-2016-10063: Check validity of extend during TIFF file reading (bsc#1017320)
  • CVE-2016-10064: Improved checks for buffer overflow when reading TIFF files (bsc#1017321)
  • CVE-2016-10065: Unchecked calculations when reading VIFF files could have lead to out of bound reads (bsc#1017322)
  • CVE-2016-10068: Prevent NULL pointer access when using the MSL interpreter (bsc#1017324)
  • CVE-2016-10069: Add check for invalid mat file (bsc#1017325).
  • CVE-2016-10070: Prevent allocating the wrong amount of memory when reading mat files (bsc#1017326)
  • CVE-2016-10071: Prevent allocating the wrong amount of memory when reading mat files (bsc#1017326)
  • CVE-2016-10144: Added a check after allocating memory when parsing IPL files (bsc#1020433)
  • CVE-2016-10145: Fixed of-by-one in string copy operation when parsing WPG files (bsc#1020435)
  • CVE-2016-10146: Captions and labels were handled incorrectly, causing a memory leak that could have lead to DoS (bsc#1020443)
  • CVE-2017-5506: Missing offset check leading to a double-free (bsc#1020436)
  • CVE-2017-5507: Fixed a memory leak when reading MPC files allowing for DoS (bsc#1020439)
  • CVE-2017-5508: Increase the amount of memory allocated for TIFF pixels to prevent a heap buffer-overflow (bsc#1020441)
  • CVE-2017-5510: Prevent out-of-bounds write when reading PSD files (bsc#1020446).
  • CVE-2017-5511: A missing cast when reading PSD files could have caused memory corruption by a heap overflow (bsc#1020448)

This update removes the fix for CVE-2016-9773. ImageMagick-6 was not affected by CVE-2016-9773 and it caused a regression (at least in GraphicsMagick) (bsc#1017421).

Record
SUSE-SU-2017:0529-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2017:0586-1 No score

Security update for ImageMagick

This update for ImageMagick fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2016-10046: Prevent buffer overflow in draw.c caused by an incorrect length calculation (bsc#1017308)
  • CVE-2016-10048: Arbitrary module could have been load because relative path were not escaped (bsc#1017310)
  • CVE-2016-10049: Corrupt RLE files could have overflowed a buffer due to a incorrect length calculation (bsc#1017311)
  • CVE-2016-10050: Corrupt RLE files could have overflowed a heap buffer due to a missing offset check (bsc#1017312)
  • CVE-2016-10051: Fixed use after free when reading PWP files (bsc#1017313)
  • CVE-2016-10052: Added bound check to exif parsing of JPEG files (bsc#1017314).
  • CVE-2016-10059: Unchecked calculation when reading TIFF files could have lead to a buffer overflow (bsc#1017318)
  • CVE-2016-10060: Improved error handling when writing files to not mask errors (bsc#1017319).
  • CVE-2016-10063: Check validity of extend during TIFF file reading (bsc#1017320).
  • CVE-2016-10064: Improved checks for buffer overflow when reading TIFF files (bsc#1017321)
  • CVE-2016-10065: Unchecked calculations when reading VIFF files could have lead to out of bound reads (bsc#1017322)
  • CVE-2016-10068: Prevent NULL pointer access when using the MSL interpreter (bsc#1017324)
  • CVE-2016-10070: Prevent allocating the wrong amount of memory when reading mat files (bsc#1017326)
  • CVE-2016-10071: Prevent allocating the wrong amount of memory when reading mat files (bsc#1017326).
  • CVE-2016-10144: Added a check after allocating memory when parsing IPL files (bsc#1020433).
  • CVE-2016-10145: Fixed of-by-one in string copy operation when parsing WPG files (bsc#1020435).
  • CVE-2016-10146: Captions and labels were handled incorrectly, causing a memory leak that could have lead to DoS (bsc#1020443)
  • CVE-2017-5506: Missing offset check leading to a double-free (bsc#1020436).
  • CVE-2017-5507: Fixed a memory leak when reading MPC files allowing for DoS (bsc#1020439).
  • CVE-2017-5508: Increase the amount of memory allocated for TIFF pixels to prevent a heap buffer-overflow (bsc#1020441).
  • CVE-2017-5511: A missing cast when reading PSD files could have caused memory corruption by a heap overflow (bsc#1020448)

This update removes the fix for CVE-2016-9773. ImageMagick-6 was not affected by CVE-2016-9773 and it caused a regression (at least in GraphicsMagick) (bsc#1017421).

Record
SUSE-SU-2017:0586-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
imagemagick
Debian:12
before 8:6.9.5.7+dfsg-1
8:6.9.5.7+dfsg-1
imagemagick
Debian:13
before 8:6.9.5.7+dfsg-1
8:6.9.5.7+dfsg-1
imagemagick
Debian:14
before 8:6.9.5.7+dfsg-1
8:6.9.5.7+dfsg-1
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
GraphicsMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
before 1.2.5-4.62.1
1.2.5-4.62.1
GraphicsMagick
SUSE:Studio Onsite 1.3
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
before 1.2.5-4.62.1
1.2.5-4.62.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1
From an advisory covering 25 CVEs
before 6.8.8.1-59.1
6.8.8.1-59.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
From an advisory covering 25 CVEs
before 6.8.8.1-59.1
6.8.8.1-59.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2
From an advisory covering 25 CVEs
before 6.8.8.1-59.1
6.8.8.1-59.1
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1
From an advisory covering 25 CVEs
before 6.8.8.1-59.1
6.8.8.1-59.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2
From an advisory covering 25 CVEs
before 6.8.8.1-59.1
6.8.8.1-59.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
From an advisory covering 25 CVEs
before 6.8.8.1-59.1
6.8.8.1-59.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
From an advisory covering 25 CVEs
before 6.8.8.1-59.1
6.8.8.1-59.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
From an advisory covering 25 CVEs
before 6.8.8.1-59.1
6.8.8.1-59.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
From an advisory covering 25 CVEs
before 6.8.8.1-59.1
6.8.8.1-59.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP1
From an advisory covering 25 CVEs
before 6.8.8.1-59.1
6.8.8.1-59.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP2
From an advisory covering 25 CVEs
before 6.8.8.1-59.1
6.8.8.1-59.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
From an advisory covering 21 CVEs
before 6.4.3.6-7.65.1
6.4.3.6-7.65.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
From an advisory covering 21 CVEs
before 6.4.3.6-7.65.1
6.4.3.6-7.65.1
ImageMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
From an advisory covering 21 CVEs
before 6.4.3.6-7.65.1
6.4.3.6-7.65.1
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

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-2016-10048 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Imagemagick, published August 25, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 6.53%, the 93rd percentile. Fixed in imagemagick 8:6.9.5.7+dfsg-1.

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