CVE-2016-6912 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Double free vulnerability in the gdImageWebPtr function in the GD Graphics Library (aka libgd) before 2.2.4 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via large width and height values.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00883.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:libgd:libgd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Libgd Subscribe	Libgd Subscribe

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DSA	DSA-3777-1	libgd2 security update
EUVD	EUVD-2016-7797	Double free vulnerability in the gdImageWebPtr function in the GD Graphics Library (aka libgd) before 2.2.4 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via large width and height values.
Ubuntu USN	USN-3213-1	GD library vulnerabilities

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3777
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95843
https://github.com/libgd/libgd/blob/gd-2.2.4/CHANGELOG.md
https://github.com/libgd/libgd/commit/a49feeae76d41959d85ee733925a4cf40bac61b2
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6912
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6912

History

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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-01-26T15:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:43:38.555Z

Reserved: 2016-08-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-6912

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-01-26T15:59:00.330

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2016-6912

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-08-16T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-6912 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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