CVE-2016-7449
The TIFFGetField function in coders/tiff.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.24 allows remote attackers to...
CVE-2016-7449 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Graphicsmagick, published September 28, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.49%, the 89th percentile. Fixed in graphicsmagick 1.3.25-1.
The TIFFGetField function in coders/tiff.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.24 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read) via a file containing an "unterminated" string.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
7.5
The TIFFGetField function in coders/tiff.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.24 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read) via a file containing an "unterminated" string.
- Record
CVE-2016-7449- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-125
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The TIFFGetField function in coders/tiff.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.24 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read) via a file containing an "unterminated" string.
- Record
CVE-2016-7449- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-8302 No score
The TIFFGetField function in coders/tiff.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.24 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read) via a file containing an "unterminated" string.
- Record
EUVD-2016-8302- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-cx4c-9mmq-jqq5
7.5
The TIFFGetField function in coders/tiff.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.24 allows remote attackers to...
The TIFFGetField function in coders/tiff.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.24 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read) via a file containing an "unterminated" string.
- Record
GHSA-cx4c-9mmq-jqq5- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-125
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
7.5
The TIFFGetField function in coders/tiff.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.24 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read) via a file containing an "unterminated" string.
- Record
CVE-2016-7449- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2016-7449
7.5
The TIFFGetField function in coders/tiff.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.24 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read) via a file containing an "unterminated" string.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2016-7449- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2016-7449
7.5
The TIFFGetField function in coders/tiff.c in GraphicsMagick 1.3.24 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read) via a file containing an "unterminated" string.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7449- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2016-0325 No score
Updated graphicsmagick packages fix security vulnerability
A possible heap overflow of the EscapeParenthesis() function (CVE-2016-7447).
The Utah RLE reader did not validate that header information was reasonable given the file size and so it could cause huge memory allocations and/or consume huge amounts of CPU (CVE-2016-7448).
The TIFF reader had a bug pertaining to use of TIFFGetField() when a 'count' value is returned. The bug caused a heap read overflow (due to using strlcpy() to copy a possibly unterminated string) which could allow an untrusted file to crash the software (CVE-2016-7449).
- Record
MGASA-2016-0325- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2016:2724-1 No score
Security update for GraphicsMagick
This update for GraphicsMagick fixes the following issues:
These vulnerabilities could be triggered by processing specially crafted image files, which could lead to a process crash or resource consumtion, or potentially have unspecified futher impact.
- CVE-2016-8684: Mismatch between real filesize and header values (bsc#1005123)
- CVE-2016-8683: Check that filesize is reasonable compared to the header value (bsc#1005127)
- CVE-2016-8682: Stack-buffer read overflow while reading SCT header (bsc#1005125)
- CVE-2016-7996, CVE-2016-7997: WPG Reader Issues (bsc#1003629)
- CVE-2016-7800: 8BIM/8BIMW unsigned underflow leads to heap overflow (bsc#1002422)
- CVE-2016-7537: Out of bound access for corrupted pdb file (bsc#1000711)
- CVE-2016-7533: Wpg file out of bound for corrupted file (bsc#1000707)
- CVE-2016-7531: Pbd file out of bound access (bsc#1000704)
- CVE-2016-7529: Out-of-bound in quantum handling (bsc#1000399)
- CVE-2016-7528: Out-of-bound access in xcf file coder (bsc#1000434)
- CVE-2016-7527: Out-of-bound access in wpg file coder: (bsc#1000436)
- CVE-2016-7524: AddressSanitizer:heap-buffer-overflow READ of size 1 in meta.c:465 (bsc#1000700)
- CVE-2016-7522: Out of bound access for malformed psd file (bsc#1000698)
- CVE-2016-7519: Out-of-bounds read in coders/rle.c (bsc#1000695)
- CVE-2016-7517: Out-of-bounds read in coders/pict.c (bsc#1000693)
- CVE-2016-7516: Out-of-bounds problem in rle, pict, viff and sun files (bsc#1000692)
- CVE-2016-7515: Rle file handling for corrupted file (bsc#1000689)
- CVE-2016-7446 CVE-2016-7447 CVE-2016-7448 CVE-2016-7449: various issues fixed in 1.3.25 (bsc#999673)
- CVE-2016-7101: SGI Coder Out-Of-Bounds Read Vulnerability (bsc#1001221)
- CVE-2016-6823: BMP Coder Out-Of-Bounds Write Vulnerability (bsc#1001066)
- CVE-2015-8958: Potential DOS in sun file handling due to malformed files (bsc#1000691)
- CVE-2015-8957: Buffer overflow in sun file handling (bsc#1000690)
- Divide by zero in WriteTIFFImage (bsc#1002206)
- Buffer overflows in SIXEL, PDB, MAP, and TIFF coders (bsc#1002209)
- Record
SUSE-SU-2016:2724-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
graphicsmagickDebian:12 |
before 1.3.25-1 | 1.3.25-1 |
graphicsmagickDebian:13 |
before 1.3.25-1 | 1.3.25-1 |
graphicsmagickDebian:14 |
before 1.3.25-1 | 1.3.25-1 |
graphicsmagickDebian:8 |
before 1.3.20-3+deb8u3, plus listed versions 1.3.20-3+deb8u11.3.20-3+deb8u2 |
1.3.20-3+deb8u3 |
graphicsmagickDebian:7 |
before 1.3.16-1.1+deb7u4, plus listed versions 1.3.16-1.11.3.16-1.1+deb7u11.3.16-1.1+deb7u21.3.16-1.1+deb7u3 |
1.3.16-1.1+deb7u4 |
graphicsmagickMageia:5 |
before 1.3.25-1.mga5 | 1.3.25-1.mga5 |
GraphicsMagickSUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 |
before 1.2.5-4.46.1 | 1.2.5-4.46.1 |
GraphicsMagickSUSE:Studio Onsite 1.3 |
before 1.2.5-4.46.1 | 1.2.5-4.46.1 |
graphicsmagickUbuntu:14.04:LTS |
before 1.3.18-1ubuntu3.1, plus listed versions 1.3.16-1.1ubuntu21.3.16-1.1ubuntu31.3.18-1ubuntu3 |
1.3.18-1ubuntu3.1 |
graphicsmagickUbuntu:16.04:LTS |
before 1.3.23-1ubuntu0.1, plus listed versions 1.3.21-31.3.23-11.3.23-1build1 |
1.3.23-1ubuntu0.1 |
History
| When | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-03 | aliases | EUVD |
| 2026-11-02 | created | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
References
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1374233
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-10/msg00094.html
securityfocus.com/bid/93074
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00009.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-10/msg00097.html
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/18/8
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nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7449
github.com/advisories/GHSA-cx4c-9mmq-jqq5
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7449
advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0325.html
bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19302
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2016/suse-su-20162724-1
bugzilla.suse.com/1000399
bugzilla.suse.com/1000434
bugzilla.suse.com/1000436
bugzilla.suse.com/1000689
bugzilla.suse.com/1000690
bugzilla.suse.com/1000691
bugzilla.suse.com/1000692
bugzilla.suse.com/1000693
bugzilla.suse.com/1000695
bugzilla.suse.com/1000698
bugzilla.suse.com/1000700
bugzilla.suse.com/1000704
bugzilla.suse.com/1000707
bugzilla.suse.com/1000711
bugzilla.suse.com/1001066
bugzilla.suse.com/1001221
bugzilla.suse.com/1002206
bugzilla.suse.com/1002209
bugzilla.suse.com/1002422
bugzilla.suse.com/1003629
bugzilla.suse.com/1005123
bugzilla.suse.com/1005125
bugzilla.suse.com/1005127
bugzilla.suse.com/999673
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8957
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8958
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6823
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7101
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7446
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7447
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7448
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7449
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7515
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7516
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7517
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7519
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7522
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7524
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7527
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7528
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7529
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7531
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7533
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7537
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7800
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7996
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7997
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-8682
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-8683
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-8684
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7449
hg.code.sf.net/p/graphicsmagick/code/rev/eb58028dacf5
blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/08/23/graphicsmagick-two-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-readtiffimage-tiff-c
blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/09/07/graphicsmagick-null-pointer-dereference-in-magickstrlcpy-utility-c
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7449