CVE-2016-3074

critical

Description

Integer signedness error in GD Graphics Library 2.1.1 (aka libgd or libgd2) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or potentially execute arbitrary code via crafted compressed gd2 data, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

References

Advisories

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-22

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-04

https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731

https://github.com/libgd/libgd/commit/2bb97f407c1145c850416a3bfbcc8cf124e68a19

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2987-1

http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.383127

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/87087

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538160/100/0/threaded

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3602

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3556

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00031.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183724.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183263.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-04-26

Updated: 2025-04-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.55086