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PHP Vulnerability: CVE-2016-5767

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PHP Vulnerability: CVE-2016-5767

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/07/2016
Created
10/01/2019
Added
09/30/2019
Modified
07/21/2021

Description

Integer overflow in the gdImageCreate function in gd.c in the GD Graphics Library (aka libgd) before 2.0.34RC1, 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 a crafted image dimensions.

Solution(s)

  • php-upgrade-5_5_37
  • php-upgrade-5_6_23

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