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critical 9.3

CVE-2006-5868 json

Multiple buffer overflows in Imagemagick 6.0 before 6.0.6.2, and 6.2 before 6.2.4.5, has unknown impact and user-assisted attack vectors vi…

published 2006-11-22 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-5852

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.9%
EPSS 2.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 87%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Multiple buffer overflows in Imagemagick 6.0 before 6.0.6.2, and 6.2 before 6.2.4.5, has unknown impact and user-assisted attack vectors via a crafted SGI image.

Patch / fix

  • imagemagick imagemagick 6.0.6.2, 6.2.4.5
  • imagemagick Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 7:6.2.4.5.dfsg1-0.11

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2006-5868

  • ImageMagick RHEL 2.1 5.3.8-18
  • ImageMagick RHEL 3 5.5.6-24
  • ImageMagick RHEL 4 6.0.7.1-16.0.3
  • ImageMagick-c++ RHEL 2.1 5.3.8-18
  • ImageMagick-c++ RHEL 3 5.5.6-24
  • ImageMagick-c++ RHEL 4 6.0.7.1-16.0.3
  • ImageMagick-perl RHEL 2.1 5.3.8-18
  • ImageMagick-perl RHEL 3 5.5.6-24

red hat advisories RHSA-2007:0015

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-2006-5868 updated

Insufficient boundary check in ImageMagick's SGIDecode()

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 ImageMagick 5.5.6-24, ImageMagick-c++ 5.5.6-24, ImageMagick-perl 5.5.6-24 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 ImageMagick 5.3.8-18, ImageMagick-c++ 5.3.8-18, ImageMagick-perl 5.3.8-18 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 ImageMagick 5.5.6-24, ImageMagick-c++ 5.5.6-24, ImageMagick-perl 5.5.6-24 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 ImageMagick 6.0.7.1-16.0.3, ImageMagick-c++ 6.0.7.1-16.0.3, ImageMagick-perl 6.0.7.1-16.0.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 ImageMagick 6.0.7.1-16.0.3, ImageMagick-c++ 6.0.7.1-16.0.3, ImageMagick-perl 6.0.7.1-16.0.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1 ImageMagick 5.3.8-18, ImageMagick-c++ 5.3.8-18, ImageMagick-perl 5.3.8-18
    +6 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 ImageMagick 5.5.6-24, ImageMagick-c++ 5.5.6-24, ImageMagick-perl 5.5.6-24 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 ImageMagick 6.0.7.1-16.0.3, ImageMagick-c++ 6.0.7.1-16.0.3, ImageMagick-perl 6.0.7.1-16.0.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1 ImageMagick 5.3.8-18, ImageMagick-c++ 5.3.8-18, ImageMagick-perl 5.3.8-18 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 ImageMagick 5.5.6-24, ImageMagick-c++ 5.5.6-24, ImageMagick-perl 5.5.6-24 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 ImageMagick 6.0.7.1-16.0.3, ImageMagick-c++ 6.0.7.1-16.0.3, ImageMagick-perl 6.0.7.1-16.0.3 Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 ImageMagick 5.3.8-18, ImageMagick-c++ 5.3.8-18, ImageMagick-perl 5.3.8-18
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:0015

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Exploit prediction

2.89% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

Sources

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