CVE-2016-5118

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GraphicsMagick versions prior to 1.3.24 ImageMagick (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a | (pipe) character at the start of a filename, specifically through the OpenBlob function in blob.c.

Recommendations For GraphicsMagick versions prior to 1.3.24, update to version 1.3.24 or later to resolve the issue. For ImageMagick, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.