Double Free Affecting libgd2 package, versions <2.2.4-1
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.75% (81st
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN9-LIBGD2-383118
- published 26 Jan 2017
- disclosed 26 Jan 2017
Introduced: 26 Jan 2017
CVE-2016-6912 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:9 libgd2 to version 2.2.4-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libgd2 package and not the libgd2 package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-6912
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6912
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3777
- https://github.com/libgd/libgd/blob/gd-2.2.4/CHANGELOG.md
- https://github.com/libgd/libgd/commit/a49feeae76d41959d85ee733925a4cf40bac61b2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95843
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-6912