CVE-2016-9317

Publication date 26 January 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

The gdImageCreate function in the GD Graphics Library (aka libgd) before 2.2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system hang) via an oversized image.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
php5	16.10 yakkety	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected
libgd2	16.10 yakkety	Fixed 2.2.1-1ubuntu3.3
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 2.1.1-4ubuntu0.16.04.6
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 2.1.0-3ubuntu0.6
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-6ubuntu2.4
php7.0	16.10 yakkety	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release

Notes

mdeslaur

php uses the system libgd2

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
libgd2	Upstream: 6944ea1 Upstream: 1846f48

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.5 · Medium
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-3213-1
GD library vulnerabilities
28 February 2017