What is CVE-2014-9709?

CVE-2014-9709 is a vulnerability in Libgd, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2015-03-30.

Is CVE-2014-9709 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Libgd

CVE-2014-9709

The GetCode_ function in gd_gif_in.c in GD 2.1.1 and earlier, as used in PHP before 5.5.21 and 5.6.x before 5.6.5, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted GIF image that is improperly handled by the gdImageCreateFromGif function.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2015-03-30 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.154 (96.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 96.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.154 · newest: 0.154 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Libgd
PHP
Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 12.04, 14.04, 15.10
Debian Linux — versions 7.0, 8.0
openSUSE — versions 13.1, 13.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Public proof-of-concept exploits

Live-Hack-CVE/CVE-2014-9709

References

www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1033703 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00002.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
bitbucket.org/libgd/gd-libgd/commits/47eb44b2e90ca88a08dca9f9a1aa9041e9587f43 (Third Party Advisory)
www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html (Third Party Advisory)
marc.info/ (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
php.net/ChangeLog-5.php (Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3215 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-9709?: CVE-2014-9709 is a vulnerability in Libgd, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2015-03-30.
Is CVE-2014-9709 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.