Denial of service in GD Graphics Library - CVE-2016-6905

 

Denial of service in GD Graphics Library - CVE-2016-6905

Published: October 4, 2016 / Updated: October 4, 2016


Vulnerability identifier: #VU732
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-6905
CWE-ID: CWE-126
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Boutell.Com, Inc.
Affected software:
GD Graphics Library

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to cause denial of service on the target system.
The weakness exists due to out-of-bounds reading error in function read_image_tga in gd_tga.c. Via impying of specially crafted TGA image attackers can trigger affected service deny.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service on the target system.

How to mitigate CVE-2016-6905

Update to 2.2.3.

Sources