CVE-2016-6491

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6491
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-6491.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-6491
Downstream
Related
Published
2016-12-13T15:59:09.217Z
Modified
2026-07-11T18:14:53.957045Z
Severity
  • 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

Buffer overflow in the Get8BIMProperty function in MagickCore/property.c in ImageMagick before 6.9.5-4 and 7.x before 7.0.2-6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read, memory leak, and crash) via a crafted image.

Database specific 
{
    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "vendor_product": "imagemagick:imagemagick",
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.1-0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.1-10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.1-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.1-2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.1-3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.1-4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.1-5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.1-6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.1-7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.1-8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.1-9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.2-0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.2-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.2-2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.2-3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.2-4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.2-5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "source": "CPE_STRING",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "7.0.1-0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "7.0.1-0"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "7.0.1-0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "7.0.1-0"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "7.0.1-1"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "7.0.1-1"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "7.0.1-1"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "7.0.1-1"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "7.0.1-2"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "7.0.1-2"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "7.0.1-2"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "7.0.1-2"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "7.0.1-3"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "7.0.1-3"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "7.0.1-3"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "7.0.1-3"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "7.0.1-4"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "7.0.1-4"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "7.0.1-4"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "7.0.1-4"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "7.0.1-5"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "7.0.1-5"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "7.0.1-5"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "7.0.1-5"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "7.0.1-6"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "7.0.1-6"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "7.0.1-6"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "7.0.1-6"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "7.0.1-7"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "7.0.1-7"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "7.0.1-7"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "7.0.1-7"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "7.0.1-8"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "7.0.1-8"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "7.0.1-8"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "7.0.1-8"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "7.0.1-9"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "7.0.1-9"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "7.0.1-9"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "7.0.1-9"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "7.0.1-10"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "7.0.1-10"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "7.0.1-10"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "7.0.1-10"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "7.0.2-0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "7.0.2-0"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "7.0.2-0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "7.0.2-0"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "7.0.2-1"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "7.0.2-1"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "7.0.2-1"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "7.0.2-1"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "7.0.2-2"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "7.0.2-2"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "7.0.2-2"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "7.0.2-2"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "7.0.2-3"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "7.0.2-3"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "7.0.2-3"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "7.0.2-3"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "7.0.2-4"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "7.0.2-4"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "7.0.2-4"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "7.0.2-4"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "7.0.2-5"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "7.0.2-5"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "7.0.2-5"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "7.0.2-5"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "vendor_product": "oracle:solaris",
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "source": "CPE_STRING",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "10.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "10.0"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "11.3"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "11.3"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/imagemagick/imagemagick

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/imagemagick/imagemagick
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
dd84447b63a71fa8c3f47071b09454efc667767b
Database specific 
{
    "source": "REFERENCES"
}

Affected versions

7.*
7.0.1-0
7.0.1-1
7.0.1-10
7.0.1-2
7.0.1-3
7.0.1-4
7.0.1-5
7.0.1-6
7.0.1-7
7.0.1-8
7.0.1-9
7.0.2-0
7.0.2-1
7.0.2-2
7.0.2-3
7.0.2-4
7.0.2-5

Database specific

vanir_signatures 
[
    {
        "digest": {
            "line_hashes": [
                "241217519160942786707834831173525707874",
                "59056741932824958857864971591163893937",
                "122973178970279523316782367189729149634",
                "177295067256838802184830878822483116736"
            ],
            "threshold": 0.9
        },
        "id": "CVE-2016-6491-c0e0875a",
        "signature_type": "Line",
        "deprecated": false,
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "source": "https://github.com/imagemagick/imagemagick/commit/dd84447b63a71fa8c3f47071b09454efc667767b",
        "target": {
            "file": "MagickCore/property.c"
        }
    },
    {
        "digest": {
            "length": 3131.0,
            "function_hash": "49450834786374495517076233315258723851"
        },
        "id": "CVE-2016-6491-d7d6582e",
        "signature_type": "Function",
        "deprecated": false,
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "source": "https://github.com/imagemagick/imagemagick/commit/dd84447b63a71fa8c3f47071b09454efc667767b",
        "target": {
            "function": "Get8BIMProperty",
            "file": "MagickCore/property.c"
        }
    }
]
vanir_signatures_modified 
"2026-07-11T18:14:53Z"
source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-6491.json"

Git / github.com/imagemagick/imagemagick6

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/imagemagick/imagemagick6
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
ee58391aabd78becbe67878f6d4270a37eff9d6f
Database specific 
{
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "source": "CPE_RANGE",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "6.9.5-3"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

6.*
6.9.4-0
6.9.4-1
6.9.4-10
6.9.4-2
6.9.4-3
6.9.4-4
6.9.4-5
6.9.4-6
6.9.4-7
6.9.4-8
6.9.4-9
6.9.5-0
6.9.5-1
6.9.5-2
6.9.5-3

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-6491.json"