CVE-2016-7520

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7520
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-7520.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-7520
Downstream
Related
Published
2017-04-20T18:59:01Z
Modified
2026-08-18T08:25:59Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

Heap-based buffer overflow in coders/hdr.c in ImageMagick allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted HDR file.

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
14e606db148d6ebcaae20f1e1d6d71903ca4a556
Database specific
Show details 
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    "source":  "REFERENCES"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-7520.json"
vanir_signatures 
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                "175077565918725114436041454196775222743",
                "176637435052841913276605164796219644003",
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                "274277301695813900790937200843926142684",
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                "70253998843513032037944280532823061077",
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            ],
            "threshold":  0.9
        },
        "id":  "CVE-2016-7520-9fc7a166",
        "signature_type":  "Line",
        "signature_version":  "v1",
        "source":  "https://github.com/imagemagick/imagemagick/commit/14e606db148d6ebcaae20f1e1d6d71903ca4a556",
        "target":  {
            "file":  "coders/hdr.c"
        }
    },
    {
        "deprecated":  false,
        "digest":  {
            "function_hash":  "294111022627234427408949519455393145826",
            "length":  5072
        },
        "id":  "CVE-2016-7520-fdec17b1",
        "signature_type":  "Function",
        "signature_version":  "v1",
        "source":  "https://github.com/imagemagick/imagemagick/commit/14e606db148d6ebcaae20f1e1d6d71903ca4a556",
        "target":  {
            "file":  "coders/hdr.c",
            "function":  "WriteHDRImage"
        }
    }
]
vanir_signatures_modified 
"2026-08-18T08:25:59Z"

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
Fixed
4bae9bed8a79e031884ca9a4681dce89dbd26855
Database specific
Show details 
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        },
        {
            "fixed":  "6.9.4-0"
        }
    ],
    "source":  "CPE_RANGE"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-7520.json"