UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7996

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7996
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7996.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7996
Upstream
Published
2017-01-18T17:59:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:43:53Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / graphicsmagick

Package

Name
graphicsmagick
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/graphicsmagick@1.3.18-1ubuntu3.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.3.18-1ubuntu3.1

Affected versions

1.*

1.3.16-1.1ubuntu2
1.3.16-1.1ubuntu3
1.3.18-1ubuntu3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "graphicsmagick",
            "binary_version": "1.3.18-1ubuntu3.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "graphicsmagick-imagemagick-compat",
            "binary_version": "1.3.18-1ubuntu3.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "graphicsmagick-libmagick-dev-compat",
            "binary_version": "1.3.18-1ubuntu3.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgraphics-magick-perl",
            "binary_version": "1.3.18-1ubuntu3.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgraphicsmagick++1-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.3.18-1ubuntu3.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgraphicsmagick++3",
            "binary_version": "1.3.18-1ubuntu3.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgraphicsmagick1-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.3.18-1ubuntu3.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgraphicsmagick3",
            "binary_version": "1.3.18-1ubuntu3.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / graphicsmagick

Package

Name
graphicsmagick
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/graphicsmagick@1.3.23-1ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.3.23-1ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

1.*

1.3.21-3
1.3.23-1
1.3.23-1build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "graphicsmagick",
            "binary_version": "1.3.23-1ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "graphicsmagick-imagemagick-compat",
            "binary_version": "1.3.23-1ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "graphicsmagick-libmagick-dev-compat",
            "binary_version": "1.3.23-1ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgraphics-magick-perl",
            "binary_version": "1.3.23-1ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgraphicsmagick++-q16-12",
            "binary_version": "1.3.23-1ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgraphicsmagick++1-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.3.23-1ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgraphicsmagick-q16-3",
            "binary_version": "1.3.23-1ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgraphicsmagick1-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.3.23-1ubuntu0.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}