CVE-2016-7996: graphicsmagick

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-7996 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in graphicsmagick. EPSS estimates a 3.91% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 18-01-2017
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.