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CVE-2016-7996

critical

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

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93464

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/08/5

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/07/4

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3746

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-01-18

Updated: 2025-04-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.01164