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CVE-2017-6362 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence

Vulnerability IntelligenceCVE-2017-6362

CVE-2017-6362

HIGH7.5

Double free vulnerability in the gdImagePngPtr function in libgd2 before 2

Published Sep 7, 2017

Modified 1 years ago

Details

Double free vulnerability in the gdImagePngPtr function in libgd2 before 2.2.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via vectors related to a palette with no colors.

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3961

https://github.com/libgd/libgd/issues/381

https://github.com/libgd/libgd/releases/tag/gd-2.2.5

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/N2BLXX7KNRE7ZVQAKGTHHWS33CUCXVUP/

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-6362

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.0

7.5

Exploitability

Attack Vector

NetworkAV:N

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

NoneUI:N

Scope

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

NoneC:N

Integrity

NoneI:N

Availability

HighA:H

7.5/CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedSep 7, 2017

ModifiedAug 5, 2024