CVE-2006-5868

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in Imagemagick 6.0 before 6.0.6.2, and 6.2 before 6.2.4.5, has unknown impact and user-assisted attack vectors via a crafted SGI image.

9.3

CVSS

Severity: Critical

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 1.12% Top 25%

Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory sgi.com Vendor Advisory debian.org

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/23101	third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10612	vdb entry third party advisory signature
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21185	vdb entry third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24284	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23219	third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:223	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0015.html	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-386-1	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22998	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24186	third party advisory
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070201-01-P.asc	vendor advisory broken link
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1213	third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-5868?: CVE-2006-5868 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-5868?: To fix CVE-2006-5868, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-5868 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2006-5868 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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