CVE-2014-2497
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
4.3
Description
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Red Hat Affected 8 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 7.7 | Affected | — |
| 7.6 | Affected | — |
| 7.5 | Affected | — |
| 7.4 | Affected | — |
| 7.3 | Affected | — |
| 7.0 | Affected | — |
| 6.5 | Affected | — |
| 6.0 | Affected | — |
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | Affected | — |
Ubuntu Affected 4 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 16.04 | Affected | — |
| 15.10 | Affected | — |
| 14.04 | Affected | — |
| 12.04 | Affected | — |
Debian Mixed 7 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 2.1.0-4 |
| sid | Fixed | 2.1.0-4 |
| forky | Fixed | 2.1.0-4 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 2.1.0-4 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 2.1.0-4 |
| 8.0 | Affected | — |
| 7.0 | Affected | — |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| php | php | {"endExcluding":"5.4.32"} | 5.4.32 |
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0288.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-07/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-07/msg00002.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1326.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1327.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1765.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1766.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59061
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59418
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59496
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59652
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3215
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:153
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66233
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2987-1
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=66901
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1076676
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-04
- https://support.apple.com/HT204659
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-2497
CWEs
CWE-476
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.