CVE-2006-4484

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    CVE-2006-4484

    Published: 31 Aug 2006Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Buffer overflow in the LWZReadByte_ function in ext/gd/libgd/gd_gif_in.c in the GD extension in PHP before 5.1.5 allows remote attackers to have an unknown impact via a GIF file with input_code_size greater than MAX_LWZ_BITS, which triggers an overflow when initializing the table array.

    References: ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061001-01-P.asc, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0688.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/21546, http://secunia.com/advisories/21768, http://secunia.com/advisories/21842, http://secunia.com/advisories/22039, http://secunia.com/advisories/22069, http://secunia.com/advisories/22225, http://secunia.com/advisories/22440, http://secunia.com/advisories/22487, http://secunia.com/advisories/22538, http://secunia.com/advisories/28768, http://secunia.com/advisories/28838, http://secunia.com/advisories/28845, http://secunia.com/advisories/28866, http://secunia.com/advisories/28959, http://secunia.com/advisories/29157, http://secunia.com/advisories/29242, http://secunia.com/advisories/29546, http://secunia.com/advisories/30717, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:162, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:038, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:077, http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_52_php.html, http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2008_13_sr.html, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-342-1, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3318, http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=38112, http://cvs.php.net/viewvc.cgi/php-src/ext/gd/libgd/gd_gif_in.c?r1=1.10&r2=1.11, http://cvs.php.net/viewvc.cgi/php-src/ext/gd/libgd/gd_gif_in.c?view=log, http://secunia.com/advisories/21546, http://www.php.net/release_5_1_5.php, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=431568, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00003.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00001.html, http://securitytracker.com/id?1016984, http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-222.htm, http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-223.htm, http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0046, http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0046, http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.1.5, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0146.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447866/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487683/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488008/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19582, http://www.turbolinux.com/security/2006/TLSA-2006-38.txt, https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2218, https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-683, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9004, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00502.html

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High