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CVE-2016-8683

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-8683 describes a vulnerability in the ReadPCXImage function of GraphicsMagick 1.3.25, allowing remote attackers to cause a memory allocation failure and "file truncation error" via a crafted image, affecting various Debian and openSUSE distributions. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability has a local attack vector requiring user interaction, but could lead to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, indicating low current attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.3.25CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:graphicsmagick:graphicsmagick:1.3.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
13.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.83%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0183 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 11,616 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

hg.code.sf.net / p/graphicsmagick/code/rev/b9edafd479b9
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2016-10/msg00094.html
Third Party Advisory
blogs.gentoo.org / ago/2016/09/15/graphicsmagick-memory-allocation-failure-in-readpcximage-pcx-c
PatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatch
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3746
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/10/16/7
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/93600
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry