CVE-2016-7996

CRITICAL 9.8CVE-2016-7996 · Published 18/01/2017 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2016-7996 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability affecting graphicsmagick (graphicsmagick).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 3.9%, higher than 90.3% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
graphicsmagick graphicsmagick	`≤ 1.3.25`	No fix yet

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the WPG format reader in GraphicsMagick 1.3.25 and earlier allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a colormap with a large number of entries.

References

debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3746
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/07/4 · Mailing List
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/08/5 · Mailing List
securityfocus.com/bid/93464 · Third Party Advisory

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

graphicsmagick

≤ 1.3.25

No fix yet

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