vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-2987-1 (CVE-2015-8877): GD library vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | May 21, 2016 | May 31, 2016 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
May 21, 2016
Added
May 31, 2016
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
Description
The gdImageScaleTwoPass function in gd_interpolation.c in the GD Graphics Library (aka libgd) before 2.2.0, as used in PHP before 5.6.12, uses inconsistent allocate and free approaches, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted call, as demonstrated by a call to the PHP imagescale function.
Solutions
ubuntu-upgrade-libgd2-noxpmubuntu-upgrade-libgd2-xpmubuntu-upgrade-libgd3
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