CVE-2016-5691

Exp

The DCM reader in ImageMagick before 6.9.4-5 and 7.x before 7.0.1-7 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact by leveraging lack of validation of (1) pixel.red, (2) pixel.green, and (3) pixel.blue.

Published: 2016-12-13 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2016-5691 is rated High Exploit Risk (86.3/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.45%, 92th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2016-5691

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2016-5691

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 2026-06-28 5.49% 5.45% -0.04%
2 2026-06-15 1.24% 5.49% +4.25%
3 2026-06-05 — 1.24% —

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2016-5691

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.8 3.0 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 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:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 5.9 [email protected]
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2016-5691

OS Trackers for CVE-2016-5691

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2016-5691 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-2016-5691
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5691
suse medium CVE-2016-5691 severity moderate: SUSE including 45 source package names (ImageMagick-6.4.3.6-7.45.1, ImageMagick-6.8.8.1-30.2, …), 101 product×package rows across 28 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2, … (28 product lines)): Fixed 101. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5691/
ubuntu medium CVE-2016-5691 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (imagemagick), 6 status rows across 6 suites (precise, trusty, upstream, wily, xenial, yakkety): released 5, ignored 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5691

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2016-5691

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
oracle solaris 11.3 cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
imagemagick imagemagick <= 6.9.4-4 cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
imagemagick imagemagick 7.0.1-0 cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.1-0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
imagemagick imagemagick 7.0.1-1 cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.1-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
imagemagick imagemagick 7.0.1-2 cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.1-2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
imagemagick imagemagick 7.0.1-3 cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.1-3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
imagemagick imagemagick 7.0.1-4 cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.1-4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
imagemagick imagemagick 7.0.1-5 cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.1-5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
imagemagick imagemagick 7.0.1-6 cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.1-6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2016-5691

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