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CVE-2016-6912 Details

Description

Double free vulnerability in the gdImageWebPtr function in the GD Graphics Library (aka libgd) before 2.2.4 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via large width and height values.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:9.8 CRITICALVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://github.com/libgd/libgd/blob/gd-2.2.4/CHANGELOG.md CVEPatchRelease Notes
https://github.com/libgd/libgd/commit/a49feeae76d41959d85ee733925a4cf40bac61b2 CVEPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3777 CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95843 CVE
https://github.com/libgd/libgd/blob/gd-2.2.4/CHANGELOG.md [email protected]PatchRelease Notes

see all 8 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-415Double Free[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
libgd libgd
<= 2.2.3

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:libgd:libgd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-6912
NVD Published Date:
Jan 26, 2017
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]