CVE-2016-9933
Stack consumption vulnerability in the gdImageFillToBorder function in gd.c in the GD Graphics Library (aka libgd) before 2.2.2, as used in PHP before 5.6.28 and 7.x before 7.0.13, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (6.87%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Stack consumption vulnerability in the gdImageFillToBorder function in gd.c in the GD Graphics Library (aka libgd) before 2.2.2, as used in PHP before 5.6.28 and 7.x before 7.0.13, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation violation) via a crafted imagefilltoborder call that triggers use of a negative color value.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 6.87% probability · 94th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- libgd/libgd
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 6.9% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00133.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00142.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-01/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-01/msg00034.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-01/msg00054.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3751
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/12/2Third Party Advisory
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.phpRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-7.phpRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94865
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1296
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=72696Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/libgd/libgd/commit/77f619d48259383628c3ec4654b1ad578e9eb40ePatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/libgd/libgd/issues/215Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/863d37ea66d5c960db08d6f4a2cbd2518f0f80d1Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00133.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00142.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-01/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-01/msg00034.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-01/msg00054.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3751
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/12/2Third Party Advisory
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.phpRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-7.phpRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94865
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1296
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=72696Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/libgd/libgd/commit/77f619d48259383628c3ec4654b1ad578e9eb40ePatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/libgd/libgd/issues/215Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/863d37ea66d5c960db08d6f4a2cbd2518f0f80d1Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.