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CVE-2016-8684

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-8684 describes a memory allocation vulnerability in the MagickMalloc function of GraphicsMagick 1.3.25, allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code via a crafted image, affecting various Debian and openSUSE distributions. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L), but has low attack complexity (AC:L), potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

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
2.23%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0223 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 11,615 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 (2)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
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susepatch availablevia nvd_reference
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References

hg.code.sf.net / p/graphicsmagick/code/rev/c53725cb5449
Issue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2016-10/msg00094.html
PatchThird Party Advisory
blogs.gentoo.org / ago/2016/09/15/graphicsmagick-memory-allocation-failure-in-magickmalloc-memory-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/2016/10/16/15
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/93779
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry