CVE-2016-3074
critical
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
9.8
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
97%
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
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 2.1.1-4.1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 2.1.1-4.1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 2.1.1-4.1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 2.1.1-4.1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 2.1.1-4.1 |
| suse | 13.2 | affected | |
| debian | 7.0 | affected | |
| debian | 8.0 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 12.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 14.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 15.10 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 16.04 | affected | |
| fedora | 23 | affected | |
| fedora | 24 | affected | |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3074.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183263.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183724.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00031.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136757/libgd-2.1.1-Signedness.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Apr/72
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3556
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3602
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538160/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/87087
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035659
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.383127
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2987-1
- https://github.com/libgd/libgd/commit/2bb97f407c1145c850416a3bfbcc8cf124e68a19
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-04
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-22
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39736/
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-3074
CWEs
CWE-681
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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