High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Jul 25, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-7539
CVE-2016-7539
Description
Memory leak in AcquireVirtualMemory in ImageMagick before 7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via unspecified vectors.
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Affected products
7cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=6.9.9-3
- (no CPE)range: <7
- osv-coords5 versionspkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/ImageMagick&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2012%20SP1
< 6.8.8.1-40.1+ 4 more
- (no CPE)range: < 6.8.8.1-40.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.8.8.1-40.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.8.8.1-40.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.8.8.1-40.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.8.8.1-40.1
Patches
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References
6- www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.phpnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/22/2nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cginvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/4e81ce8b07219c69a9aeccb0f7f7b927ca6db74cnvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/93232nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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