CVE-2016-7996
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.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.91%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 3.91% probability · 90th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- graphicsmagick/graphicsmagick
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 3.9% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3746
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/07/4Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/08/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93464Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3746
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/07/4Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/08/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93464Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.