NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting graphicsmagick package, versions [,1.3.26)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.39% (74th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-GRAPHICSMAGICK-2380635
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed18 Jan 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 18 Jan 2017

CVE-2016-7997  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade graphicsmagick to version 1.3.26 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference. 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.

CVSS Scores

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