CVE-2016-9830

MEDIUM

Graphicsmagick - Improper Input Validation

Title source: rule

Description

The MagickRealloc function in memory.c in Graphicsmagick 1.3.25 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via large dimensions in a jpeg image.

References (7)

[Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory] http://hg.code.sf.net/p/graphicsmagick/code/rev/38d0f281e8c8

[Third Party Advisory] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00141.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3746

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/5

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94625

[Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/12/01/graphicsmagick-memory-allocation-failure-in-magickrealloc-memory-c

[Issue Tracking, Patch] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1401536

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0060

EPSS Percentile 69.1%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

Classification

CWE

CWE-20

Status published

Affected Products (6)

graphicsmagick/graphicsmagick

debian/debian_linux

opensuse/leap

opensuse/opensuse

n/a/n/a

Timeline

Published Mar 01, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026