CVE-2017-6363

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-6363
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-02-27 05:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:49:00 UTC
Description** DISPUTED ** In the GD Graphics Library (aka LibGD) through 2.2.5, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in tiffWriter in gd_tiff.c. NOTE: the vendor says "In my opinion this issue should not have a CVE, since the GD and GD2 formats are documented to be 'obsolete, and should only be used for development and testing purposes.'"

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-125

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Libgd Libgd All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Invalid read when call gdImageTiffPtr (CVE-2017-6363) · Issue #383 · libgd/libgd · GitHub MISC github.com Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
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Legacy QID Mappings

  • 198489 Ubuntu Security Notification for GD library Vulnerabilities (USN-5068-1)
  • 296075 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 21.69.0 Missing (CPUAPR2020)
  • 500197 Alpine Linux Security Update for gd
  • 503939 Alpine Linux Security Update for gd
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