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CVE-2016-7997

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-7997 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in GraphicsMagick versions 1.3.25 and earlier, specifically within its WPG format reader. This flaw allows remote attackers to crash the application due to an assertion failure and NULL pointer dereference. Rated 7.5 High on CVSS, it is easily exploitable over a network with low complexity and no user interaction, leading to high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.3.25CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:graphicsmagick:graphicsmagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.35%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0335 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3746
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/10/07/4
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/10/08/5
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/93467
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry