CVE-2016-7448

Description

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.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 4.16% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1374233 issue tracking
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-10/msg00094.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93074 vdb entry third party advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00009.html third party advisory mailing list
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-10/msg00097.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/18/8 third party advisory mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-7448?
CVE-2016-7448 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-7448?
To fix CVE-2016-7448, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2016-7448 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2016-7448 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~4% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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