CVE-2016-8683

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-8683
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-02-15 19:59:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionThe ReadPCXImage function in coders/pcx.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.25 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted image, which triggers a memory allocation failure and a "file truncation error for corrupt file."

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 7.8 HIGH from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary7.8HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary6.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Graphicsmagick Graphicsmagick 1.3.25 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
openSUSE-SU-2016:2641-1: moderate: Security update for GraphicsMagick af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3746-1 graphicsmagick af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Mercurial Repository: p/graphicsmagick/code: changeset 14920:b9edafd479b9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 hg.code.sf.net Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
graphicsmagick: memory allocation failure in ReadPCXImage (pcx.c) | agostino's blog af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 blogs.gentoo.org Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
1385583 – (CVE-2016-8682, CVE-2016-8683, CVE-2016-8684) CVE-2016-8682 CVE-2016-8683 CVE-2016-8684 GraphicsMagick: Multiple security issues af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch
oss-security - Re: graphicsmagick: memory allocation failure in ReadPCXImage (pcx.c) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
GraphicsMagick CVE-2016-8683 Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500982 Alpine Linux Security Update for graphicsmagick
  • 504906 Alpine Linux Security Update for graphicsmagick

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