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CVE-2016-9830

The MagickRealloc function in memory.c in Graphicsmagick 1.3.25 allows remote attackers to cause...

5.5 MediumFix available

The MagickRealloc function in memory.c in Graphicsmagick 1.3.25 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via large dimensions in a jpeg image.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

1.71%Up 0.4 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.5

The MagickRealloc function in memory.c in Graphicsmagick 1.3.25 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via large dimensions in a jpeg image.

Record
CVE-2016-9830
CVSS 3.0
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0
4.3 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness
CWE-20
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

The MagickRealloc function in memory.c in Graphicsmagick 1.3.25 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via large dimensions in a jpeg image.

Record
CVE-2016-9830
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-10630 No score

The MagickRealloc function in memory.c in Graphicsmagick 1.3.25 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via large dimensions in a jpeg image.

Record
EUVD-2016-10630
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-w9qw-rw42-h8cw 5.5

The MagickRealloc function in memory.c in Graphicsmagick 1.3.25 allows remote attackers to cause...

The MagickRealloc function in memory.c in Graphicsmagick 1.3.25 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via large dimensions in a jpeg image.

Record
GHSA-w9qw-rw42-h8cw
CVSS 3.0
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-20
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 5.5

The MagickRealloc function in memory.c in Graphicsmagick 1.3.25 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via large dimensions in a jpeg image.

Record
CVE-2016-9830
CVSS 3.0
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2016-9830 5.5

The MagickRealloc function in memory.c in Graphicsmagick 1.3.25 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via large dimensions in a jpeg image.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9830
CVSS 3.0
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2016-9830 5.5

The MagickRealloc function in memory.c in Graphicsmagick 1.3.25 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via large dimensions in a jpeg image.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9830
CVSS 3.0
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2017-0229 No score

Updated graphicsmagick packages fix security vulnerabilities

New stable upstream release including security fixes for CVE-2016-7800, CVE-2016-7996, CVE-2016-7997, CVE-2016-8682, CVE-2016-8683, CVE-2016-8684, CVE-2016-9830, CVE-2017-6335, CVE-2017-8350, CVE-2017-10794, CVE-2017-10799, CVE-2017-10800, CVE-2017-11403 and possibly several other security issues with and without associated CVE number.

Record
MGASA-2017-0229
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10596-1 No score

GraphicsMagick-1.3.36-1.7 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the GraphicsMagick-1.3.36-1.7 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10596-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2017:0305-1 No score

Security update for GraphicsMagick

This update for GraphicsMagick fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2016-9556 Possible Heap-overflow found by fuzzing [bsc#1011130]
  • CVE-2016-9559 Possible Null pointer access found by fuzzing [bsc#1011136]
  • CVE-2016-8866 Possible memory allocation failure in AcquireMagickMemory [bsc#1009318]
  • CVE-2016-9830: Memory allocation failure in MagickRealloc (memory.c) (bsc#1013640).
Record
SUSE-SU-2017:0305-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
graphicsmagick
Debian:12
before 1.3.25-6
1.3.25-6
graphicsmagick
Debian:13
before 1.3.25-6
1.3.25-6
graphicsmagick
Debian:14
before 1.3.25-6
1.3.25-6
graphicsmagick
Debian:8
From an advisory covering 14 CVEs
before 1.3.20-3+deb8u2, plus listed versions
1.3.20-3+deb8u1
1.3.20-3+deb8u2
graphicsmagick
Mageia:5
From an advisory covering 13 CVEs
before 1.3.26-1.1.mga5
1.3.26-1.1.mga5
graphicsmagick
Mageia:6
From an advisory covering 13 CVEs
before 1.3.26-1.1.mga6
1.3.26-1.1.mga6
GraphicsMagick
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 1.2.5-4.59.1
1.2.5-4.59.1
GraphicsMagick
SUSE:Studio Onsite 1.3
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 1.2.5-4.59.1
1.2.5-4.59.1
graphicsmagick
Ubuntu: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
graphicsmagick
Ubuntu: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
GraphicsMagick
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 17 CVEs
before 1.3.36-1.7
1.3.36-1.7

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2016-9830 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Graphicsmagick, published December 24, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.71%, the 77th percentile. Fixed in graphicsmagick 1.3.25-6.

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