7.5

CVE-2016-7997: graphicsmagick NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 7.5v3.0HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2016-7997DEBIAN-CVE-2016-7997
Published 18-01-2017Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-7997 is a high (CVSS 7.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in graphicsmagick. EPSS estimates a 3.35% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.35%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 8 · Related 4
DLA-683-1DSA-3746-1MGASA-2016-0337MGASA-2017-0229OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10596-1SUSE-SU-2016:2667-1

Timeline

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

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.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

3.35%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

89%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 3.35% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
3.35%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • graphicsmagick< 1.3.25-4
Graphicsmagick1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • graphicsmagick< 1.3.18-1ubuntu3.1 | < 1.3.23-1ubuntu0.1

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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