CVE-2016-5766
HIGH8.8EPSS 16.2%libgd2 - security update
Published: 8/7/2016Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
Integer overflow in the _gd2GetHeader function in gd_gd2.c in the GD Graphics Library (aka libgd) before 2.2.3, 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 crafted chunk dimensions in an image.
Affected packages (3)
- Alpine/gdfrom 0, < 2.2.1-r2
- Debian/libgd2from 0, < 2.2.2-29-g3c2b605-1
- Debian/libgd2from 0, < 2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-6.1+deb7u4
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |