vulnerability
Arch Linux: Arbitrary code execution (CVE-2016-8670)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Jan 4, 2017 | Jul 11, 2025 | Nov 27, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jan 4, 2017
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Nov 27, 2025
Description
A vulnerability was found in gd. Integer underflow in a calculation in dynamicGetbuf() was incorrectly handled, leading in some circumstances to an out of bounds write through a very large argument to memcpy(). An attacker could create a crafted image that would lead to a crash or, potentially, code execution.
Solution
arch-linux-upgrade-latest
References
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