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CVE-2016-7520

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5 EPSS 3.09% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-04-20 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.5. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. It may be remotely exploitable. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

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CVE
CVE-2016-7520
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.5
EPSS
3.09%

Original NVD Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in coders/hdr.c in ImageMagick allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted HDR file.

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