Buffer Overflow in GraphicsMagick (CVE-2016-8683)
Summary
Vulnerability in GraphicsMagick (CVE-2016-8683). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
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."
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2016-8683 has been found in GraphicsMagick.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. CVSS score: 7.8/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "GraphicsMagick CVE-2016-8683" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2016-8683 (GraphicsMagick) — CWE-119 / CVSS v3 7.8
Attack vector: local / unauthenticated
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-119) exists in GraphicsMagick.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of GraphicsMagick.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.8/10). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'GraphicsMagick' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'GraphicsMagick' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
GraphicsMagickを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2016-8683 graphicsmagick Fixed in: 1.3.25-5
References
- advisory lists.opensuse.org
- advisory debian.org
- advisory securityfocus.com
- patch hg.code.sf.net
- patch openwall.com
- patch blogs.gentoo.org
- patch bugzilla.redhat.com