CVE-2017-6362
high
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.5
Description
Double free vulnerability in the gdImagePngPtr function in libgd2 before 2.2.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via vectors related to a palette with no colors.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
83%
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
Fedora Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Affected | — |
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Ubuntu Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 16.04 | Affected | — |
Debian Mixed 7 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 2.2.5-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 2.2.5-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 2.2.5-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 2.2.5-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 2.2.5-1 |
| 9.0 | Affected | — |
| 8.0 | Affected | — |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| libgd | libgd | 2.2.4 | |
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3961
- https://github.com/libgd/libgd/issues/381
- https://github.com/libgd/libgd/releases/tag/gd-2.2.5
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/N2BLXX7KNRE7ZVQAKGTHHWS33CUCXVUP/
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-6362.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-6362
CWEs
CWE-415
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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