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CVE-2016-5691

ImageMagick: Possible out-of-bounds write in ReadDCMImage()

Published Modified CWE 20
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat5.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD. Rated lower by Red Hat (medium), Ubuntu (medium).

Description

The DCM reader in ImageMagick before 6.9.4-5 and 7.x before 7.0.1-7 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact by leveraging lack of validation of (1) pixel.red, (2) pixel.green, and (3) pixel.blue.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
alpine 3.2imagemagick6.9.6.8-r0
alpine 3.3imagemagick6.9.6.8-r0
alpine 3.4imagemagick6.9.5.3
debian 11imagemagick8:6.9.6.2+dfsg-2
debian 12imagemagick8:6.9.6.2+dfsg-2
debian 13imagemagick8:6.9.6.2+dfsg-2
debian 14imagemagick8:6.9.6.2+dfsg-2
debian 7imagemagick8:6.7.7.10-5+deb7u8
debian 8imagemagick8:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u4
echoimagemagick8:6.9.6.2+dfsg-2
Red HatImageMagick, ImageMagick-c++, ImageMagick-c++-devel and 3 moreno fix listed
root.io debian 11rootio-imagemagick8:6.9.6.2+dfsg-2
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SourcePackageFixed in
alpine 3.2imagemagick6.9.6.8-r0
alpine 3.3imagemagick6.9.6.8-r0
alpine 3.4imagemagick6.9.5.3
debian 11imagemagick8:6.9.6.2+dfsg-2
debian 12imagemagick8:6.9.6.2+dfsg-2
debian 13imagemagick8:6.9.6.2+dfsg-2
debian 14imagemagick8:6.9.6.2+dfsg-2
debian 7imagemagick8:6.7.7.10-5+deb7u8
debian 8imagemagick8:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u4
echoimagemagick8:6.9.6.2+dfsg-2
Red HatImageMagickno fix listed
Red HatImageMagick-c++no fix listed
Red HatImageMagick-c++-develno fix listed
Red HatImageMagick-develno fix listed
Red HatImageMagick-docno fix listed
Red HatImageMagick-perlno fix listed
root.io debian 11rootio-imagemagick8:6.9.6.2+dfsg-2
root.io debian 12rootio-imagemagick8:6.9.6.2+dfsg-2
root.io debian 13rootio-imagemagick8:6.9.6.2+dfsg-2
seal Red Hat 7imagemagick6.9.10.68-6.el7_9+sp999
seal Red Hat 7seal-imagemagick6.9.10.68-6.el7_9+sp999
ubuntu 12.04imagemagick8:6.6.9.7-5ubuntu3.5
ubuntu 14.04imagemagick8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.2
ubuntu 14.04-ESMimagemagick8:6.7.7.10-6ubuntu3.2
ubuntu 16.04imagemagick8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.2
ubuntu 16.04-ESMimagemagick8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.2
ubuntu 16.10imagemagick8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu8.1

References

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