CVE-2016-10048

Directory traversal vulnerability in magick/module.c in ImageMagick 6.9.4-7 allows remote attackers to load arbitrary modules via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2017-03-23 Last update: 2026-05-13 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2016-10048 is rated Moderate Risk (59.5/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.64%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2016-10048

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 2026-05-30 4.94% 3.64% -1.30%
2 2025-07-06 3.48% 4.94% +1.47%
3 2025-06-19 — 3.48% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2016-10048

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2016-10048

OS Trackers for CVE-2016-10048

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2016-10048 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-2016-10048
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10048
suse medium CVE-2016-10048 severity moderate: SUSE including 40 source package names (GraphicsMagick-1.2.5-4.62.1, ImageMagick-6.4.3.6-7.65.1, …), 108 product×package rows across 30 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2, … (30 product lines)): Fixed 108. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10048/
ubuntu medium CVE-2016-10048 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (imagemagick), 5 status rows across 5 suites (precise, trusty, upstream, xenial, yakkety): released 5. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-10048

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2016-10048

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
imagemagick imagemagick 6.9.4-7 cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:6.9.4-7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse_project leap 42.1 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse_project:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2016-10048

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