CVE-2016-3074

php: Signedness vulnerability causing heap overflow in libgd

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.1

CVSS 2.0

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Published · April 22, 2016

Updated · June 28, 2026

Description

Integer signedness error in GD Graphics Library 2.1.1 (aka libgd or libgd2) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or potentially execute arbitrary code via crafted compressed gd2 data, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 5.1
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWE-122 · Heap-based Buffer Overflow