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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-5766: GD: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-5766: GD: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/07/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
01/08/2018

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-media-libs-gd

References

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