High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Sep 7, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-6362
CVE-2017-6362
Description
Double free vulnerability in the gdImagePngPtr function in libgd2 before 2.2.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via vectors related to a palette with no colors.
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Affected products
17- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- osv-coords12 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/gd&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/gd&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/gd&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/gd&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/gd&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/gd&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/gd&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/gd&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/gd&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/gd&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/gd&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/gd&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2012%20SP3
< 2.3.3-1.1+ 11 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2.3.3-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.0-24.3.4
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.0-24.3.4
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.0-24.3.4
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.0-24.3.4
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.0-24.3.4
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.0-24.3.4
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.0-24.3.4
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.0-24.3.4
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.0-24.3.4
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.0-24.3.4
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.0-24.3.4
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- github.com/libgd/libgd/releases/tag/gd-2.2.5nvdPatchRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3961nvdThird Party Advisory
- github.com/libgd/libgd/issues/381nvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/N2BLXX7KNRE7ZVQAKGTHHWS33CUCXVUP/nvd
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