UBUNTU-CVE-2014-2497

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2014-2497

    Published: 21 Mar 2014Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-2497
    Aliases:
    USN-2987-1

    Summary:

    Details: The gdImageCreateFromXpm function in gdxpm.c in libgd, as used in PHP 5.4.26 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted color table in an XPM file.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-2497, http://net-ninja-mr.me/2014/03/14/php-gd-v5-4-17-2-color-visual-null-pointer-dereference/, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2987-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-2497

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libgd2

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.1.0-3ubuntu0.1

    Affected versions

    2.1.0-2
    2.1.0-3

    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