Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting libgd2 package, versions <2.2.2-29-g3c2b605-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
11.45% (96th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN10-LIBGD2-383134
  • published7 Aug 2016
  • disclosed7 Aug 2016

Introduced: 7 Aug 2016

CVE-2016-5766  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:10 libgd2 to version 2.2.2-29-g3c2b605-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libgd2 package and not the libgd2 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

Integer overflow in the _gd2GetHeader function in gd_gd2.c in the GD Graphics Library (aka libgd) before 2.2.3, as used in PHP before 5.5.37, 5.6.x before 5.6.23, and 7.x before 7.0.8, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted chunk dimensions in an image.