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critical 9.8

CVE-2016-7447 json

Heap-based buffer overflow in the EscapeParenthesis function in GraphicsMagick before 1.3.25 allows remote attackers to have unspecified im…

published 2017-02-06 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-8300

cvss
9.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.0%
EPSS 4.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Heap-based buffer overflow in the EscapeParenthesis function in GraphicsMagick before 1.3.25 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors.

Patch / fix

  • graphicsmagick Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.3.25-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2016-7447

  • graphicsmagick Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 1.3.18-1ubuntu3.1
  • graphicsmagick Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 1.3.23-1ubuntu0.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7447

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • GraphicsMagick Studio Onsite 1.3, SLE Software Development Kit 11 SP4 1.2.5-4.46.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2016:2724-1

  • graphicsmagick Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +12 more 1.3.25-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2016-7447

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2016-7447 updated cvss 5.3

GraphicsMagick: various issues fixed in 1.3.25

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

4.02% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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