UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9709

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9709

    Published: 30 Mar 2015Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-9709
    Aliases:
    USN-2987-1

    Summary:

    Details: The GetCode_ function in gd_gif_in.c in GD 2.1.1 and earlier, as used in PHP before 5.5.21 and 5.6.x before 5.6.5, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted GIF image that is improperly handled by the gdImageCreateFromGif function.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9709, http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q1/973, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2987-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9709

    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