Vulnerability in Thomas Boutell Graphics Draw Library
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.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.104 (95.6th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 95.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.104 · newest: 0.104 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Thomas Boutell Graphics Draw Library — versions 2.0.33
References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26976 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/23783 (third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/21186 (third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/20887 (third-party-advisory)
- usn.ubuntu.com/298-1/ (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/21050 (third-party-advisory)
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_31_php.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436132 (mailing-list, Exploit)
- www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0038 (vendor-advisory)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)