CVE-2016-6906

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-6906
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-03-15 14:59:00 UTC
Updated2017-11-04 01:29:00 UTC
DescriptionThe read_image_tga function in gd_tga.c in the GD Graphics Library (aka libgd) before 2.2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted TGA file, related to the decompression buffer.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-125

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Libgd Libgd All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3777-1 libgd2 DEBIAN www.debian.org
libgd CVE-2016-6906 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
libgd/CHANGELOG.md at gd-2.2.4 · libgd/libgd · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
Fix OOB reads of the TGA decompression buffer · libgd/libgd@fb0e0cc · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Fix OOB reads of the TGA decompression buffer · libgd/libgd@58b6dde · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
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