CVE-2016-6207

medium
Published 2016-08-12 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
6.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v2
4.3
VIR risk
6.5

Description

Integer overflow in the _gdContributionsAlloc function in gd_interpolation.c in GD Graphics Library (aka libgd) before 2.2.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds memory write or memory consumption) via unspecified vectors.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-6207

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6207.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://libgd.github.io/release-2.2.3.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=72558

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036535

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed2.2.2-43-g22cba39-1
debian debianbullseyefixed2.2.2-43-g22cba39-1
debian debianforkyfixed2.2.2-43-g22cba39-1
debian debiansidfixed2.2.2-43-g22cba39-1
debian debiantrixiefixed2.2.2-43-g22cba39-1
debian debian8.0affected
suse suse42.1affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
libgdlibgd{"endIncluding":"2.2.2"}
php phpphp{"startIncluding":"5.5.0","endExcluding":"5.5.38"}5.5.38

References

CWEs

CWE-119 CWE-190 CWE-787

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