security flaw
Published May 18, 2006
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.86%
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the libMagick component of ImageMagick 6.0.6.2 might allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via an image index array that triggers the overflow during filename glob expansion by the ExpandFilenames function.
Affected products
No data.
- 6.0.6.2
- 6.2.4
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1
ImageMagick-0:5.3.8-18
Fixed · RHSA-2007:0015
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
ImageMagick-0:5.5.6-24
Fixed · RHSA-2007:0015
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
ImageMagick-0:6.0.7.1-16.0.3
Fixed · RHSA-2007:0015
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 | ImageMagick-0:5.3.8-18 | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0015 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | ImageMagick-0:5.5.6-24 | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0015 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | ImageMagick-0:6.0.7.1-16.0.3 | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0015 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=192278 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw. More information regarding issue severity can be found here: http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/ This issue does not affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 or 3.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.86% (0.02863) | 86.28th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.86% (0.02863) | 84.89th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.83% (0.01830) | 81.31th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 3.66% (0.03661) | 79.55th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.15% (0.02146) | 83.06th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.24% (0.01238) | 86.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 2, 2024 | 1.24% (0.01238) | 85.31th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.24% (0.01238) | 83.30th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.43% (0.03425) | 84.67th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.43% (0.03425) | 83.11th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.43% (0.03425) | 66.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (12)
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070201-01-P.asc vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SGI
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=345595 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21719 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24186 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24284 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1168 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0015.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-2440 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1618102 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-2440
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9481 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-2440
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070201-01-P.asc | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SGI | |
| http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=345595 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/21719 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/24186 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/24284 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1168 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0015.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-2440 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1618102 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-2440 | ||
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9481 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-2440 |
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