CVE-2014-2497

Publication date 21 March 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

The gdImageCreateFromXpm function in gdxpm.c in libgd, as used in PHP 5.4.26 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted color table in an XPM file.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
libgd2	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	15.10 wily	Not affected
	15.04 vivid	Not affected
	14.10 utopic	Ignored end of life
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 2.1.0-3ubuntu0.1
	13.10 saucy	Ignored end of life
	12.10 quantal	Ignored end of life
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-6ubuntu2.1
	10.04 LTS lucid	Ignored end of life
php5	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	15.10 wily	Not affected
	15.04 vivid	Not affected
	14.10 utopic	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected
	13.10 saucy	Not affected
	12.10 quantal	Not affected
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not affected

Notes

mdeslaur

php5 uses the system libgd2 php5 in quantal and earlier aren't built with xpm support

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
libgd2	Upstream: https://bitbucket.org/libgd/gd-libgd/commits/463c3bd09bfe8e924e19acad7a2a6af16953a704

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)