CVE-2016-2317 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2016-2317?

CVE-2016-2317 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 3 Feb 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Multiple buffer overflows in GraphicsMagick 1.3.23 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted SVG file, related to the (1) TracePoint function in magick/render.c, (2) GetToken function in magick/utility.c, and (3) GetTransformTokens function in coders/svg.c.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-2317?

It affects 7 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Graphicsmagick Graphicsmagick, Opensuse Leap, Opensuse Opensuse, Suse Linux Enterprise Debuginfo, Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit and 1 more.

How do I fix CVE-2016-2317?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2016-2317 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-2317 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2317, GHSA-m3pg-gr36-c7qj, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2317.