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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.1

CVE-2006-3743 json

Multiple buffer overflows in ImageMagick before 6.2.9 allow user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted XCF images.

published 2006-08-25 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-3737

cvss
5.1
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.7%
EPSS 3.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 89%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Multiple buffer overflows in ImageMagick before 6.2.9 allow user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted XCF images.

Patch / fix

  • imagemagick Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 7:6.2.4.5.dfsg1-0.10
  • graphicsmagick Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.1.7-8

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2006-3743

  • ImageMagick RHEL 3 5.5.6-20
  • ImageMagick RHEL 4 6.0.7.1-16
  • ImageMagick-c++ RHEL 3 5.5.6-20
  • ImageMagick-c++ RHEL 4 6.0.7.1-16
  • ImageMagick-perl RHEL 3 5.5.6-20
  • ImageMagick-perl RHEL 4 6.0.7.1-16

red hat advisories RHSA-2006:0633

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2006-3743 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 ImageMagick 5.5.6-20, ImageMagick-c++ 5.5.6-20, ImageMagick-perl 5.5.6-20 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 ImageMagick 5.5.6-20, ImageMagick-c++ 5.5.6-20, ImageMagick-perl 5.5.6-20 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 ImageMagick 6.0.7.1-16, ImageMagick-c++ 6.0.7.1-16, ImageMagick-perl 6.0.7.1-16 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 ImageMagick 6.0.7.1-16, ImageMagick-c++ 6.0.7.1-16, ImageMagick-perl 6.0.7.1-16 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 ImageMagick 5.5.6-20, ImageMagick-c++ 5.5.6-20, ImageMagick-perl 5.5.6-20 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 ImageMagick 6.0.7.1-16, ImageMagick-c++ 6.0.7.1-16, ImageMagick-perl 6.0.7.1-16
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 ImageMagick 5.5.6-20, ImageMagick-c++ 5.5.6-20, ImageMagick-perl 5.5.6-20 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 ImageMagick 6.0.7.1-16, ImageMagick-c++ 6.0.7.1-16, ImageMagick-perl 6.0.7.1-16
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0633

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Exploit prediction

3.67% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.1 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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