CVE-2014-9709

medium
Published 2015-03-30 ยท Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
5.0

Description

The GetCode_ function in gd_gif_in.c in GD 2.1.1 and earlier, as used in PHP before 5.5.21 and 5.6.x before 5.6.5, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted GIF image that is improperly handled by the gdImageCreateFromGif function.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed2.1.0-5
debian debianbullseyefixed2.1.0-5
debian debianforkyfixed2.1.0-5
debian debiansidfixed2.1.0-5
debian debiantrixiefixed2.1.0-5
suse suse13.1affected
suse suse13.2affected
ubuntu ubuntu12.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu14.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu15.10affected
ubuntu ubuntu16.04affected
debian debian7.0affected
debian debian8.0affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
php phpphp{"startIncluding":"5.4.0","endExcluding":"5.4.40"}5.4.40
libgdlibgd{"endIncluding":"2.1.1"}

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.