CVE-2025-27796: Critical severity GraphicsMagick Graphicsmagick vulnerability

Published Mar 7, 2025
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Updated

Last updated 14 April 2025

Other sources

ReadWPGImage in WPG in GraphicsMagick before 1.3.46 mishandles palette buffer allocation, resulting in out-of-bounds access to heap memory in ReadBlob.

NVD

Affected Software

3 affected componentsFixes available
GraphicsMagick Graphicsmagick<1.3.46
debian/graphicsmagick
1.4+really1.3.36+hg16481-2+deb11u11.4+really1.3.40-41.4+really1.3.40-4+deb12u11.4+really1.3.45+hg17696-1
GraphicsMagick Graphicsmagick<1.3.46

Event History

Mar 7, 2025
CVE Published
via MITRE·12:00 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·12:00 AM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness
Data Sourced
via NVD·06:15 AM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness
Data Sourced
via NVD·06:15 AM
RemedyAffected Software
Apr 14, 2025
Data Sourced
via Ubuntu·05:42 AM
RemedyDescriptionSeverityAffected Software
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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the severity of CVE-2025-27796?

CVE-2025-27796 is considered a high-severity vulnerability due to its potential to lead to memory corruption.

2

How do I fix CVE-2025-27796?

To fix CVE-2025-27796, upgrade GraphicsMagick to version 1.3.46 or later.

3

What versions of GraphicsMagick are affected by CVE-2025-27796?

GraphicsMagick versions prior to 1.3.46 are affected by CVE-2025-27796.

4

What is the nature of the vulnerability described in CVE-2025-27796?

CVE-2025-27796 involves mishandling of palette buffer allocation in the WPG handler of GraphicsMagick.

5

Does CVE-2025-27796 affect ImageMagick?

CVE-2025-27796 specifically affects GraphicsMagick and not ImageMagick.

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