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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2006-2440 json

Heap-based buffer overflow in the libMagick component of ImageMagick 6.0.6.2 might allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via an image i…

published 2006-05-18 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-2441

cvss
7.5
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

Heap-based buffer overflow in the libMagick component of ImageMagick 6.0.6.2 might allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via an image index array that triggers the overflow during filename glob expansion by the ExpandFilenames function.

Patch / fix

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

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2006-2440

  • 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-2006-2440 updated

security flaw

  • 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

2.93% 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 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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