{"id":"CVE-2016-6912","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-6912","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:46:41.009Z","title":"Double free vulnerability in the gdImageWebPtr function in the GD Graphics Library (aka libgd) before 2.2.4 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via large width and height values.","description":"Double free vulnerability in the gdImageWebPtr function in the GD Graphics Library (aka libgd) before 2.2.4 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via large width and height values.","published":"2017-01-26T15:59:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:51:59.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-415"],"affected":["libgd/libgd"],"epss":{"score":0.04486,"percentile":0.91426,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.49%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3777","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95843","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/libgd/libgd/blob/gd-2.2.4/CHANGELOG.md","tags":["Patch","Release Notes"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/libgd/libgd/commit/a49feeae76d41959d85ee733925a4cf40bac61b2","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3777","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95843","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/libgd/libgd/blob/gd-2.2.4/CHANGELOG.md","tags":["Patch","Release Notes"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/libgd/libgd/commit/a49feeae76d41959d85ee733925a4cf40bac61b2","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6912","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}