CVE-2016-3074

Publication date 26 April 2016

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
libgd2	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 2.1.1-4ubuntu0.16.04.1
	15.10 wily	Fixed 2.1.1-4ubuntu0.15.10.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 2.1.0-3ubuntu0.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-6ubuntu2.1
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: 2bb97f4

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	9.8 · Critical
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H