CVE-2016-7996

critical
Published 2017-01-18 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
7.5
VIR risk
9.8

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7996

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7996.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/07/4

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed1.3.21-2
debian debianbullseyefixed1.3.21-2
debian debianforkyfixed1.3.21-2
debian debiansidfixed1.3.21-2
debian debiantrixiefixed1.3.21-2

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
graphicsmagickgraphicsmagick{"endIncluding":"1.3.25"}

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.