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VMware Photon OS: CVE-2018-14553

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Feb 11, 2020
Added
Jan 20, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026

Description

gdImageClone in gd.c in libgd 2.1.0-rc2 through 2.2.5 has a NULL pointer dereference allowing attackers to crash an application via a specific function call sequence. Only affects PHP when linked with an external libgd (not bundled).

Solution

vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf
Title
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