| Name | CVE-2016-7997 |
| Description | The WPG format reader in GraphicsMagick 1.3.25 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and crash) via vectors related to a ReferenceBlob and a NULL pointer. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-683-1, DSA-3746-1 |
| NVD severity | medium |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| graphicsmagick (PTS) | jessie | 1.3.20-3+deb8u2 | fixed |
| jessie (security) | 1.3.20-3+deb8u9 | fixed | |
| stretch | 1.3.30+hg15796-1~deb9u2 | fixed | |
| stretch (security) | 1.3.30+hg15796-1~deb9u3 | fixed | |
| buster | 1.4~hg15978-1 | fixed | |
| buster (security) | 1.4~hg15978-1+deb10u1 | fixed | |
| bullseye, sid | 1.4+really1.3.35-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| graphicsmagick | source | (unstable) | 1.3.25-4 | |||
| graphicsmagick | source | jessie | 1.3.20-3+deb8u2 | DSA-3746-1 | ||
| graphicsmagick | source | wheezy | 1.3.16-1.1+deb7u5 | DLA-683-1 |
patch for this and CVE-2016-7996 at: http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/07/4