VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2016-8683
The ReadPCXImage function in coders/pcx.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.25 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted image, which triggers a memory allocation failure and a "file truncation error for corrupt file."
HIGH 7.8EPSS 1.83%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.83%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The ReadPCXImage function in coders/pcx.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.25 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted image, which triggers a memory allocation failure and a "file truncation error for corrupt file."
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.83% probability · 78th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- graphicsmagick/graphicsmagick · opensuse/opensuse · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://hg.code.sf.net/p/graphicsmagick/code/rev/b9edafd479b9Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-10/msg00094.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3746Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/16/7Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93600Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/09/15/graphicsmagick-memory-allocation-failure-in-readpcximage-pcx-c/Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1385583Issue Tracking, Patch
- http://hg.code.sf.net/p/graphicsmagick/code/rev/b9edafd479b9Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-10/msg00094.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3746Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/16/7Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93600Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/09/15/graphicsmagick-memory-allocation-failure-in-readpcximage-pcx-c/Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1385583Issue Tracking, Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.