CVE-2016-7997
high
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS v4 NEW
—
VIR risk
7.5
Description
The WPG format reader in GraphicsMagick 1.3.25 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and crash) via vectors related to a ReferenceBlob and a NULL pointer.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1.3.25-4 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1.3.25-4 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1.3.25-4 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1.3.25-4 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1.3.25-4 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| graphicsmagick | graphicsmagick | {"endIncluding":"1.3.25"} | |
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3746
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/07/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/08/5
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93467
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7997.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7997
CWEs
CWE-476
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.