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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-7568: GD: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Sep 28, 2016
Added
Oct 30, 2017
Modified
Mar 31, 2026

Description

Integer overflow in the gdImageWebpCtx function in gd_webp.c in the GD Graphics Library (aka libgd) through 2.2.3, as used in PHP through 7.0.11, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted imagewebp and imagedestroy calls.

Solution

gentoo-linux-upgrade-media-libs-gd
Title
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