FKIE_CVE-2016-9317

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-01-26 15:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:55
Severity
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
The gdImageCreate function in the GD Graphics Library (aka libgd) before 2.2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system hang) via an oversized image.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3777
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95841
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/libgd/libgd/blob/gd-2.2.4/CHANGELOG.mdIssue Tracking, Patch, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/libgd/libgd/commit/1846f48e5fcdde996e7c27a4bbac5d0aef183e4bIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3777
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95841
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/libgd/libgd/blob/gd-2.2.4/CHANGELOG.mdIssue Tracking, Patch, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/libgd/libgd/commit/1846f48e5fcdde996e7c27a4bbac5d0aef183e4bIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
libgd libgd *
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