VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2006-2906
The LZW decoding in the gdImageCreateFromGifPtr function in the Thomas Boutell graphics draw (GD) library (aka libgd) 2.0.33 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via malformed GIF data that causes an infinite loop.
MEDIUM 5.4EPSS 10.4%
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 10.4%, higher than 95% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
The LZW decoding in the gdImageCreateFromGifPtr function in the Thomas Boutell graphics draw (GD) library (aka libgd) 2.0.33 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via malformed GIF data that causes an infinite loop.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.4 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- EPSS
- 10.35% probability · 95th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- thomas boutell/graphics draw library
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20500Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20571
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20676
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20853
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20866
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20887
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21050
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21186
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23783
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1067
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1117
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:112
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:113
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:122
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_31_php.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436132Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18294Exploit
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0038
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2174
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26976
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-939
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/298-1/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20500Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20571
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20676
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20853
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20866
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20887
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21050
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21186
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.