CVE-2007-0455

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-0455
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-01-30 17:28:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionBuffer overflow in the gdImageStringFTEx function in gdft.c in GD Graphics Library 2.0.33 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted string with a JIS encoded font.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-120 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 6.06 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 6.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 7.04 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 13 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 14 All All All
Application Gd Graphics Library Project Gd Graphics Library All All All All
Application Php Php All All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 3.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 4.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Mandriva update for libwmf - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable
Red Hat update for gd - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
USN-473-1: libgd2 vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Permissions Required
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0007 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.trustix.org Broken Link
Red Hat update for php - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable
Fedora update for libwmf - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDKSA-2007:035 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Broken Link
[SECURITY] Fedora Core 5 Update: gd-2.0.33-7.fc5 | FedoraNEWS.ORG af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 fedoranews.org Broken Link
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDKSA-2007:109 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Broken Link
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1030 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 issues.rpath.com Broken Link
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Third Party Advisory
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1268 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 issues.rpath.com Broken Link
rPath update for php, php-mysql, and php-pgsql - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable
Advisories | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Broken Link
Mandriva update for gd - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable
GD Graphics Library "gdImageStringFTEx()" Denial of Service - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable, Vendor Advisory
Red Hat update for php - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable
rPSA-2007-0028-1 gd af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.rpath.com Broken Link
224607 – (CVE-2007-0455) CVE-2007-0455 gd: buffer overrun af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 14 Update: libwmf-0.2.8.4-27.fc14 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Permissions Required
GD Graphics Library JIS-Encoded Font Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Mandriva update for php - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDKSA-2007:036 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Broken Link
Trustix Update for Various Packages - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable
rPath update for gd - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable
Ubuntu update for libgd2 - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[SECURITY] Fedora 13 Update: libwmf-0.2.8.4-22.fc13 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Fedora update for gd - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Not Applicable
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2007-05-14Mark J CoxRed Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=234312 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw. More information regarding issue severity can be found here: http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/

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