Out-of-bounds Write Affecting gd-debugsource package, versions <0:2.2.5-7.el8


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
58.2% (98th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-GDDEBUGSOURCE-3214135
  • published5 Jan 2023
  • 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 Rocky-Linux:8 gd-debugsource to version 0:2.2.5-7.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2020:4659.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gd-debugsource package and not the gd-debugsource package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:8 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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