CVE-2016-7996 describes a critical heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in GraphicsMagick versions 1.3.25 and earlier, specifically within its WPG format reader. This flaw allows remote attackers to achieve significant impact by providing a specially crafted colormap with a large number of entries. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability poses a high risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.3.25CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:graphicsmagick:graphicsmagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.