6.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2016-6207
GD Graphics Library Integer Overflow Denial of Service
Description

Integer overflow in the _gdContributionsAlloc function in gd_interpolation.c in GD Graphics Library (aka libgd) before 2.2.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds memory write or memory consumption) via unspecified vectors.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 12, 2016, 3:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 29, 2022, 8:04 p.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-6207 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Opensuse leap
1 Php php
1 Libgd libgd
: Total Affected Vendor : 4 | Products : 4
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2016-6207.

URL Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00086.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00078.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138174/LibGD-2.2.2-Integer-Overflow-Denial-Of-Service.html Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3630 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539100/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92080 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036535 Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3060-1 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=72558 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://libgd.github.io/release-2.2.3.html Vendor Advisory
https://secunia.com/secunia_research/2016-9/ Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-09 Third Party Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-6207 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 29, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00086.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00086.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00078.html Third Party Advisory http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00078.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138174/LibGD-2.2.2-Integer-Overflow-Denial-Of-Service.html Third Party Advisory http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138174/LibGD-2.2.2-Integer-Overflow-Denial-Of-Service.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html No Types Assigned http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539100/100/0/threaded No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539100/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92080 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92080 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3060-1 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3060-1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=72558 Issue Tracking https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=72558 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-09 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-09 Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.5.0 up to (excluding) 5.5.38 *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.6.0 up to (excluding) 5.6.24 *cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 7.0.0 up to (excluding) 7.0.9
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 09, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/539100/100/0/threaded [Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539100/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 05, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 01, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-09 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 18, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92080 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 28, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00086.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3060-1 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 06, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:libgd:libgd:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:novell:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:libgd:libgd:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00078.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00078.html Third Party Advisory
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 06, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:libgd:libgd:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:novell:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:libgd:libgd:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00078.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00078.html Third Party Advisory
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 05, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00078.html
  • CVE Translated by [email protected]

    Aug. 12, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 12, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Changed CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 12, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:libgd:libgd:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/539100/100/0/threaded No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/539100/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://secunia.com/secunia_research/2016-9/ No Types Assigned https://secunia.com/secunia_research/2016-9/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://libgd.github.io/release-2.2.3.html No Types Assigned https://libgd.github.io/release-2.2.3.html Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138174/LibGD-2.2.2-Integer-Overflow-Denial-Of-Service.html No Types Assigned http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138174/LibGD-2.2.2-Integer-Overflow-Denial-Of-Service.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036535 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036535 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Patch
    Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3630 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3630 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=72558 No Types Assigned https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=72558 Issue Tracking
    Added CWE CWE-787
    Added CWE CWE-190
    Added CWE CWE-119
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-6207 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-2016-6207 weaknesses.

CAPEC-8: Buffer Overflow in an API Call Buffer Overflow in an API Call CAPEC-9: Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities CAPEC-10: Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables CAPEC-14: Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow CAPEC-24: Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow CAPEC-42: MIME Conversion MIME Conversion CAPEC-44: Overflow Binary Resource File Overflow Binary Resource File CAPEC-45: Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links CAPEC-46: Overflow Variables and Tags Overflow Variables and Tags CAPEC-47: Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion CAPEC-100: Overflow Buffers Overflow Buffers CAPEC-123: Buffer Manipulation Buffer Manipulation CAPEC-92: Forced Integer Overflow Forced Integer Overflow
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

1.98 }} 0.15%

score

0.88521

percentile

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