CVE-2006-2906
Libgd LZW Decoding Remote Denial of Service
Description
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.
INFO
Published Date :
June 8, 2006, 4:06 p.m.
Last Modified :
April 3, 2025, 1:03 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
6.9
Exploitability Score :
4.9
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/20500 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/20571 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/20676 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/20853 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/20866 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/20887 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/21050 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/21186 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/23783 Added Reference http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1067 Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1117 Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:112 Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:113 Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:122 Added Reference http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_31_php.html Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436132 Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18294 Added Reference http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0038 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2174 Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26976 Added Reference https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-939 Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/298-1/ -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 03, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-298-1 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/298-1/ [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 20, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/26976 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26976 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Jun. 08, 2006
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2006-2906 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2006-2906
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
12.25 }} 0.28%
score
0.93456
percentile