CVE-2016-5767

Publication date 7 August 2016

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Integer overflow in the gdImageCreate function in gd.c in the GD Graphics Library (aka libgd) before 2.0.34RC1, as used in PHP before 5.5.37, 5.6.x before 5.6.23, and 7.x before 7.0.8, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted image dimensions.

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Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
libgd2	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	15.10 wily	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected
php5	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	15.10 wily	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected
php7.0	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	15.10 wily	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release

Notes

mdeslaur

php uses the system libgd2

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
libgd2	Upstream: cfee163
php5	Upstream: http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commitdiff;h=c395c6e5d7e8df37a21265ff76e48fe75ceb5ae6
php7.0	Upstream: http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commitdiff;h=c395c6e5d7e8df37a21265ff76e48fe75ceb5ae6

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	8.8 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H