Critical
Security advisory
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.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2016-5118
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 06:25 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:CVE-2016-5118
Complete source record
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