Memory leak in AcquireVirtualMemory in ImageMagick before 7 allows remote attackers to…
Priority MEDIUM 41CWE-399Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Will not fix Red Hat: no fix planned
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-399 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
Memory leak in AcquireVirtualMemory in ImageMagick before 7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via unspecified vectors.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.04868 92nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Will not fix Red Hat: no fix planned
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | up to 6.9.9-3 | Vulnerable | ImageMagick |
- cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 6.9.9-3 Vulnerable ·ImageMagick
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
Not affected: 1 product
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-7539
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-f46j-2g68-jrmx
References
Patch 5
- [oss-security] 20160922 Re: CVE Requests: Various ImageMagick issues (as reported in the Debian BTS)
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=833101
- http://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=28946
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1378776
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/4e81ce8b07219c69a9aeccb0f7f7b927ca6db74c
More Imagemagick vulnerabilities
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- TI-2023-16996 Improper input validation in ImageMagick CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2016-03148 The (1) HTTP and (2) FTP coders in ImageMagick before 6.9.3-10 and 7.x before 7.0.1-1… KEVCVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
- TI-2016-03145 The EPHEMERAL coder in ImageMagick before 6.9.3-10 and 7.x before 7.0.1-1 allows remote… KEVCVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
- TI-2025-35690 ImageMagick BlobStream Forward-Seek Under-Allocation CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-33094 ImageMagick has Stack Buffer Overflow in image.c CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2016-7539 · CVE Program
- CVE-2016-7539 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-f46j-2g68-jrmx · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2016-7539 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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