ImageMagick: Mishandled relationship between the BezierQuantum value and certain strokes data in TraceStrokePolygon() function
Published Jun 4, 2016
8.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 2.58%
Description
The TraceStrokePolygon function in MagickCore/draw.c in ImageMagick before 6.9.4-0 and 7.x before 7.0.1-2 mishandles the relationship between the BezierQuantum value and certain strokes data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 6.9.3-0
- 7.0.0-0
- 7.0.1-0
- 7.0.1-1
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
ImageMagick
Under investigation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
ImageMagick
Under investigation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
ImageMagick
Under investigation
Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2
ImageMagick
Under investigation
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | ImageMagick | Under investigation | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | ImageMagick | Under investigation | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | ImageMagick | Under investigation | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 | ImageMagick | Under investigation | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:N/AC:M/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 (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.58% (0.02584) | 84.69th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.59% (0.02594) | 83.24th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 23, 2025 | 0.57% (0.00572) | 67.68th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.60% (0.01599) | 80.01th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 3.36% (0.03356) | 78.71th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.60% (0.01599) | 80.42th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.52% (0.00515) | 77.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.52% (0.00515) | 76.01th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.52% (0.00515) | 73.08th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 59.45th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Oct 18, 2022 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 58.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 56.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 34.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (8)
- http://www.imagemagick.org/script/changelog.php x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4563 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1343447 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/726812fa2fa7ce16bcf58f6e115f65427a1c0950 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4563
- https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2016-4563
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4563
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.imagemagick.org/script/changelog.php | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4563 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1343447 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/726812fa2fa7ce16bcf58f6e115f65427a1c0950 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4563 | ||
| https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2016-4563 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4563 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.