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Vulnerability · CVE-2016-10057

ImageMagick ImageMagick Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Published Feb 25, 2020 · catalog updated Feb 25, 2020 · ImageMagick ImageMagick

Patch now

CVE-2016-10057 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm ImageMagick ImageMagick against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Gaps on this record

  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
1.73%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
vendor ImageMagick ImageMagick

Buffer overflow in the WriteGROUP4Image function in coders/tiff.c in ImageMagick before 6.9.5-8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or have other unspecified impact via a crafted file.

Are you affected?

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  • vendor ImageMagick ImageMagickversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2016-10057

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2016-10057 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm ImageMagick ImageMagick against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 1.73%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Feb 25, 2020 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    Buffer overflow in the WriteGROUP4Image function in coders/tiff.c in ImageMagick before 6.9.5-8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or have other unspecified impact via a crafted file.

  2. Feb 25, 2020 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2016-10057

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2016-10057

    30-day exploitation probability 1.7%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2016-10057

    Buffer overflow in the WriteGROUP4Image function in coders/tiff.c in ImageMagick before 6.9.5-8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or have other unspecified impact via a crafted file.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.