CVE-2016-8683

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The 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."

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://hg.code.sf.net/p/graphicsmagick/code/rev/b9edafd479b9Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-10/msg00094.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3746Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/16/7Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93600Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/09/15/graphicsmagick-memory-allocation-failure-in-readpcximage-pcx-c/Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1385583Issue Tracking, Patch
http://hg.code.sf.net/p/graphicsmagick/code/rev/b9edafd479b9Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-10/msg00094.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3746Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/16/7Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93600Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/09/15/graphicsmagick-memory-allocation-failure-in-readpcximage-pcx-c/Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1385583Issue Tracking, Patch

Timeline

Published: Feb 15, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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