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Debian: CVE-2016-9933: libgd2 -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2016-9933: libgd2 -- security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
01/01/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
01/01/2017
Modified
08/17/2022

Description

Stack consumption vulnerability in the gdImageFillToBorder function in gd.c in the GD Graphics Library (aka libgd) before 2.2.2, as used in PHP before 5.6.28 and 7.x before 7.0.13, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation violation) via a crafted imagefilltoborder call that triggers use of a negative color value.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-libgd2

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