ImageMagick before 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a TIFF image with an invalid tag.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-0759 is rated Moderate Risk (47/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.84%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-15 | 1.50% | 1.84% | +0.34% |
| 2 | 2025-03-30 | 2.54% | 1.50% | -1.05% |
| 3 | 2025-03-29 | — | 2.54% | — |
Full EPSS history (9 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
|
10.0 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
|
not yet assigned | CVE-2005-0759 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (imagemagick), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-0759 |
redhat
|
low | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-0759 |
ubuntu
|
medium | CVE-2005-0759 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (imagemagick), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): not-affected 3, needs-triage 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-0759 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| imagemagick | imagemagick | 5.3.3 | cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:5.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| imagemagick | imagemagick | 5.3.8 | cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:5.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| imagemagick | imagemagick | 5.4.3 | cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:5.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| imagemagick | imagemagick | 5.4.4.5 | cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:5.4.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| imagemagick | imagemagick | 5.4.7 | cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:5.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| imagemagick | imagemagick | 5.4.8 | cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:5.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| imagemagick | imagemagick | 5.4.8.2.1.1.0 | cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:5.4.8.2.1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| imagemagick | imagemagick | 5.5.3.2.1.2.0 | cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:5.5.3.2.1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| imagemagick | imagemagick | 5.5.4 | cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:5.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| imagemagick | imagemagick | 5.5.6 | cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:5.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| imagemagick | imagemagick | 5.5.6.0_2003-04-09 | cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:5.5.6.0_2003-04-09:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| imagemagick | imagemagick | 5.5.7 | cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:5.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| sgi | propack | 3.0 | cpe:2.3:a:sgi:propack:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1013550 | Patch Vendor Advisory |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-702 | Patch Vendor Advisory |
| http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_17_imagemagick.html | Patch Vendor Advisory |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12875 | Patch Vendor Advisory |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11022 | |
| https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-070.html | Patch Vendor Advisory |