Resource Management Errors Affecting graphicsmagick package, versions <1.3.23-1ubuntu0.1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.77% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-GRAPHICSMAGICK-352535
  • published6 Feb 2017
  • disclosed6 Feb 2017

Introduced: 6 Feb 2017

CVE-2016-7448  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-399  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 graphicsmagick to version 1.3.23-1ubuntu0.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream graphicsmagick package and not the graphicsmagick package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

The Utah RLE reader in GraphicsMagick before 1.3.25 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or large memory allocations) via vectors involving the header information and the file size.