Out-of-bounds Write Affecting gd package, versions <2.2.5-r2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
58.2% (98th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE311-GD-546121
  • published27 Jan 2019
  • disclosed27 Jan 2019

Introduced: 27 Jan 2019

CVE-2019-6977  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.11 gd to version 2.2.5-r2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gd package and not the gd package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.11 relevant fixed versions and status.

gdImageColorMatch in gd_color_match.c in the GD Graphics Library (aka LibGD) 2.2.5, as used in the imagecolormatch function in PHP before 5.6.40, 7.x before 7.1.26, 7.2.x before 7.2.14, and 7.3.x before 7.3.1, has a heap-based buffer overflow. This can be exploited by an attacker who is able to trigger imagecolormatch calls with crafted image data.

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