CVE-2017-6362
libgd2 - security update
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.4%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2017-6362
To remediate CVE-2017-6362, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/gd—upgrade to 2.2.5-r0 or later
- Debian/libgd2—upgrade to 2.2.5-1 or later
- —upgrade to 2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-6.1+deb7u10 or later
- —upgrade to 2.1.0-5+deb8u11 or later
Is CVE-2017-6362 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (4)
- from 0, < 2.2.5-r0
- from 0, < 2.2.5-1
- from 0, < 2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-6.1+deb7u10
- from 0, < 2.1.0-5+deb8u11
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |