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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.8

CVE-2018-16329 json

In ImageMagick before 7.0.8-8, a NULL pointer dereference exists in the GetMagickProperty function in MagickCore/property.c.

published 2018-09-01 8 y ago modified 2026-07-30 3 mo ago also EUVD-2018-8179 , JLSEC-2026-824

cvss
9.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.3%
EPSS 2.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 83%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In ImageMagick before 7.0.8-8, a NULL pointer dereference exists in the GetMagickProperty function in MagickCore/property.c.

Patch / fix

  • julia ImageMagick_jll 7.1.0+0
  • imagemagick imagemagick 7.0.8-8
  • ImageMagick SLE Module for Development Tools 15, SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 7.0.7.34-3.24.1
  • ImageMagick SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES 12 SP3, SLED 12 SP3 +2 more 6.8.8.1-71.74.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2018:2977-1SUSE-SU-2018:2778-1

  • imagemagick6 Alpine 3.16, Alpine 3.15, Alpine 3.14 +4 more 6.9.10.37-r0
  • imagemagick6 Alpine 3.9, Alpine 3.8, Alpine 3.7 6.9.10.39-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2018-16329

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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-2018-16329 updated cvss 4.3

ImageMagick: NULL pointer dereference in GetMagickProperty function in MagickCore/property.c

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 ImageMagick, ImageMagick-c++, ImageMagick-perl
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 ImageMagick, ImageMagick-c++, ImageMagick-perl
    affected: no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 ImageMagick
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

2.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
OSV 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
julia ImageMagick_jll
<7.1.0+0
7.1.0+0

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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