CVE-2016-7997
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.
02 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.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.35% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 88.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2017-01-18 17:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 02:13Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-09-09
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 7530d595f21ee060ad87c7667f2099a761299bc9b200b06e419feb309d63d131
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.debian.orgDSA-3746http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3746
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20161007 GraphicsMagick CVE Request - WPG Reader Issueshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/07/4
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20161008 Re: GraphicsMagick CVE Request - WPG Reader Issueshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/08/5
- www.securityfocus.com93467http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93467
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- graphicsmagick Fixed in 1.3.25-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- graphicsmagick Fixed in 1.3.25-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- graphicsmagick Fixed in 1.3.25-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- graphicsmagick Fixed in 1.3.18-1ubuntu3.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- graphicsmagick Fixed in 1.3.23-1ubuntu0.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.