CVE-2019-6978

Summary

CVECVE-2019-6978
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-01-28 08:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:13:00 UTC
DescriptionThe GD Graphics Library (aka LibGD) 2.2.5 has a double free in the gdImage*Ptr() functions in gd_gif_out.c, gd_jpeg.c, and gd_wbmp.c. NOTE: PHP is unaffected.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-415

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.10 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Libgd Libgd 2.2.5 All All All
Application Libgd Libgd 2.2.5 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4384-1 libgd2 DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: gd-2.2.5-10.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: gd-2.3.0-1.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1140-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
GD: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201903-18) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: gd-2.2.5-9.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
Fix #492: Potential double-free in gdImage*Ptr() · libgd/libgd@5537029 · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Update gdImage*Ptr() functions for possible Double free bugs · Issue #492 · libgd/libgd · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
USN-3900-1: GD vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: gd-2.2.5-8.fc29 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: gd-2.2.5-9.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
Sync with upstream · php/php-src@089f7c0 · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: gd-2.2.5-10.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: gd-2.3.0-1.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1148-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: gd-2.2.5-8.fc29 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 1651-1] libgd2 security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 296078 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 16.4.0 Missing (CPUOCT2019)
  • 377382 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for gd (ALINUX3-SA-2022:0054)
  • 377395 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for libwmf (ALINUX3-SA-2022:0059)
  • 377518 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for libwmf (ALINUX2-SA-2020:0135)
  • 500196 Alpine Linux Security Update for gd
  • 503938 Alpine Linux Security Update for gd
  • 752110 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for libwmf (SUSE-SU-2022:1560-1)
  • 753107 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for libwmf (SUSE-SU-2022:1516-1)
  • 940025 AlmaLinux Security Update for gd (ALSA-2020:4659)
  • 940416 AlmaLinux Security Update for libwmf (ALSA-2019:2722)
  • 960261 Rocky Linux Security Update for gd (RLSA-2020:4659)
  • 960374 Rocky Linux Security Update for libwmf (RLSA-2019:2722)
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