CVE-2016-5118
CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8EPSS 50.0%EU EUVD
The OpenBlob function in blob.c in GraphicsMagick before 1.3.24 and ImageMagick allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a | (pipe) character at the start of a filename.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.8 (v3.1)
- Severity
- CRITICAL
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- EPSS score
- 50.0% (99th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2016-6069)
- Published
- June 10, 2016
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2016-6069 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- debian / debian linux
- graphicsmagick / graphicsmagick
- imagemagick / imagemagick
- opensuse / leap
- opensuse / opensuse
- oracle / linux
- oracle / linux
- oracle / solaris
- oracle / solaris
- suse / linux enterprise debuginfo
- suse / linux enterprise desktop
- suse / linux enterprise desktop
- suse / linux enterprise server
- suse / linux enterprise server
- suse / linux enterprise software development kit
- suse / linux enterprise software development kit
- suse / linux enterprise software development kit
- suse / linux enterprise workstation extension
- suse / linux enterprise workstation extension
- suse / studio onsite
Certified products that may be affected
26 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Oracle Linux 7 NSS Cryptographic Module - Oracle Corporation - FIPS 140 4586 - historical
- Oracle Linux 7 Libreswan Cryptographic Module - Oracle Corporation - FIPS 140 4266 - historical
- Oracle Linux 7 OpenSSH Client Cryptographic Module - Oracle Corporation - FIPS 140 4206 - historical
- Oracle Linux 7 OpenSSH Server Cryptographic Module - Oracle Corporation - FIPS 140 4176 - historical
- Oracle Linux 7 Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (UEK 6) Cryptographic Module - Oracle Corporation - FIPS 140 4169 - historical
See all 26 in the Security Certifications Explorer.
References
- http://git.imagemagick.org/repos/ImageMagick/commit/40639d173aa8c76b850d625c630b711fee4dcfb8(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
- http://hg.code.sf.net/p/graphicsmagick/code/file/41876934e762/ChangeLog(Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- http://hg.code.sf.net/p/graphicsmagick/code/rev/ae3928faa858(Broken Link)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00008.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00009.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00011.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00021.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00030.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00032.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00047.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3591(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3746(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/29/7(Mailing List, Release Notes)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/30/1(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90938(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035984(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035985(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.397749(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2990-1(Third Party Advisory)
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1237(Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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