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CVE-2016-9933

gd: Stack overflow in gdImageFillToBorder on truecolor images

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

3.3

CVSS 3.0

Review impact separately from score.

Published · December 8, 2016

Updated · June 28, 2026

Description

An infinite recursion flaw was found in the gdImageFillToBorder() function from the gd library; also used by PHP imagefilltoborder() function, when passing a negative integer as the color parameter, triggering a stack overflow. A remote attacker with ability to force a negative color identifier when calling the function could crash the PHP application, causing a Denial of Service.

Statement

Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Low security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.

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 3.0 · 3.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CVSS 2.0 · 4.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation