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CVE-2006-0082 json

Format string vulnerability in the SetImageInfo function in image.c for ImageMagick 6.2.3 and other versions, and GraphicsMagick, allows us…

published 2006-01-04 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-0090

cvss
5.1
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.3%
EPSS 4.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Format string vulnerability in the SetImageInfo function in image.c for ImageMagick 6.2.3 and other versions, and GraphicsMagick, allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a numeric format string specifier such as %d in the file name, a variant of CVE-2005-0397, and as demonstrated using the convert program.

Patch / fix

  • imagemagick Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 6:6.2.4.5-0.6

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2006-0082

  • ImageMagick RHEL 3 5.5.6-18
  • ImageMagick RHEL 4 6.0.7.1-14
  • ImageMagick-c++ RHEL 3 5.5.6-18
  • ImageMagick-c++ RHEL 4 6.0.7.1-14
  • ImageMagick-perl RHEL 3 5.5.6-18
  • ImageMagick-perl RHEL 4 6.0.7.1-14

red hat advisories RHSA-2006:0178

  • ImageMagick openSUSE Tumbleweed 7.1.0.8-1.2

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10597-1

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-2006-0082 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 ImageMagick 5.5.6-18, ImageMagick-c++ 5.5.6-18, ImageMagick-perl 5.5.6-18 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 ImageMagick 5.5.6-18, ImageMagick-c++ 5.5.6-18, ImageMagick-perl 5.5.6-18 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 ImageMagick 6.0.7.1-14, ImageMagick-c++ 6.0.7.1-14, ImageMagick-perl 6.0.7.1-14 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 ImageMagick 6.0.7.1-14, ImageMagick-c++ 6.0.7.1-14, ImageMagick-perl 6.0.7.1-14 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 ImageMagick 5.5.6-18, ImageMagick-c++ 5.5.6-18, ImageMagick-perl 5.5.6-18 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 ImageMagick 6.0.7.1-14, ImageMagick-c++ 6.0.7.1-14, ImageMagick-perl 6.0.7.1-14
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 ImageMagick 5.5.6-18, ImageMagick-c++ 5.5.6-18, ImageMagick-perl 5.5.6-18 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 ImageMagick 6.0.7.1-14, ImageMagick-c++ 6.0.7.1-14, ImageMagick-perl 6.0.7.1-14
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0178

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Exploit prediction

4.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • bugs.debian.org http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=345876 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

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

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-134 Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

References

Sources

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