CVE-2016-9317

Publication date 26 January 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

The gdImageCreate function in the GD Graphics Library (aka libgd) before 2.2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system hang) via an oversized image.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
php5 16.10 yakkety Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
libgd2 16.10 yakkety
Fixed 2.2.1-1ubuntu3.3
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 2.1.1-4ubuntu0.16.04.6
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 2.1.0-3ubuntu0.6
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-6ubuntu2.4
php7.0 16.10 yakkety
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
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

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 5.5 · Medium

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3213-1
    • GD library vulnerabilities
    • 28 February 2017

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