Out-of-bounds Read Affecting php-gd package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.18% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-PHPGD-1352395
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed13 Sept 2015

Introduced: 13 Sep 2015

CVE-2016-6288  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 php-gd.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream php-gd package and not the php-gd package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

The php_url_parse_ex function in ext/standard/url.c in PHP before 5.5.38 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving the smart_str data type.