CVE-2017-6363
8.1
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.42%
Description
In the GD Graphics Library (aka LibGD) through 2.2.5, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in tiffWriter in gd_tiff.c. NOTE: the vendor says "In my opinion this issue should not have a CVE, since the GD and GD2 formats are documented to be 'obsolete, and should only be used for development and testing purposes.'
How to fix CVE-2017-6363
To remediate CVE-2017-6363, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/gd—upgrade to 2.2.5-r4 or later
- —upgrade to 2.3.0-1 or later
Is CVE-2017-6363 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 2.2.5-r4
- from 0, < 2.3.0-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H |