CVE-2019-6978

CRITICALImmediate

Published:Jan 28, 2019(7 years ago)

Modified:Nov 21, 2024

Remote ExploitNo Auth RequiredNo InteractionLow Complexity

Vulnerability Description

The GD Graphics Library (aka LibGD) 2.2.5 has a double free in the gdImage*Ptr() functions in gd_gif_out.c, gd_jpeg.c, and gd_wbmp.c. NOTE: PHP is unaffected.

Attack Characteristics

Network AccessLow ComplexityNo Auth NeededNo User Interaction

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No Fix Known

No patch has been released yet. Apply workarounds or mitigations where available.

Affected Software

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed In
libgd	libgd	-	-
debian	debian_linux	-	-
debian	debian_linux	-

Timeline

Published
CVE disclosed publicly
Jan 28, 20197 years ago
Last Modified
Most recent update
Nov 21, 20241 year ago
Indexed to CVEInsight
Added to this platform
Mar 29, 20261 month ago

References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2722
https://github.com/libgd/libgd/commit/553702980ae89c83f2d6e254d62cf82e...Patch
https://github.com/libgd/libgd/issues/492Patch

CVSS Score

v3.1

9.8/ 10.0

CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

At a Glance

Affected Products

References

libgd / libgd

https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/089f7c0bc28d399b0420aa6ef058e4c1...

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00028.htmlMailing List

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists...

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-18Third Party Advisory

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3900-1/Third Party Advisory

https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4384Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00025....

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00031....

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2722

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00025....

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00031....

https://github.com/libgd/libgd/commit/553702980ae89c83f2d6e254d62cf82e...Patch

https://github.com/libgd/libgd/issues/492Patch

https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/089f7c0bc28d399b0420aa6ef058e4c1...Patch

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00028.htmlMailing List

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists...

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-18Third Party Advisory

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3900-1/Third Party Advisory

https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4384Third Party Advisory

CVSS v3 Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

Impact

ScopeUnchanged

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

Impact Analysis

ConfidentialityHigh

NoneLowHigh

IntegrityHigh

NoneLowHigh

AvailabilityHigh

NoneLowHigh

CVE-2019-6978

✦ Vulnerability Description

Attack Characteristics

Affected Software

Timeline

References

CVSS Score

At a Glance

Official Sources

CVSS v3 Vector

Impact Analysis

Vulnerability Description