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CVE-2016-7996

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-01-18 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the WPG format reader in GraphicsMagick 1.3.25 and earlier allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a colormap with a large number of entries.

Affected products

• GraphicsMagick: through 1.3.25

References

• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3746
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/07/4
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/08/5
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93464
• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3746
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/07/4
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/08/5
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93464

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