CVE-2016-6905

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Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6905
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-6905.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-6905
Downstream
Related
Published
2016-10-03T21:59:05Z
Modified
2025-10-15T08:20:34.719992Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The readimagetga function in gd_tga.c in the GD Graphics Library (aka libgd) before 2.2.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted TGA image.

References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/libgd/libgd

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/libgd/libgd
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
01c61f8ab110a77ae64b5ca67c244c728c506f03
Fixed
3c2b605d72e8b080dace1d98a6e50b46c1d12186

Affected versions

Other

GD_1_3_0
GD_1_4_0
GD_1_5_0
GD_1_6_0
GD_1_6_1
GD_1_6_2
GD_1_6_3
GD_1_7_0
GD_1_7_1
GD_1_7_2
GD_1_7_3
GD_1_8_0
GD_1_8_1
GD_1_8_3
GD_1_8_4
GD_2_0_0
GD_2_0_1
GD_2_0_10
GD_2_0_11
GD_2_0_12
GD_2_0_13
GD_2_0_14
GD_2_0_15
GD_2_0_17
GD_2_0_18
GD_2_0_19
GD_2_0_2
GD_2_0_20
GD_2_0_21
GD_2_0_22
GD_2_0_23
GD_2_0_24
GD_2_0_25
GD_2_0_26
GD_2_0_27
GD_2_0_28
GD_2_0_29
GD_2_0_3
GD_2_0_30
GD_2_0_31
GD_2_0_32
GD_2_0_33
GD_2_0_34RC1
GD_2_0_4
GD_2_0_5
GD_2_0_6
GD_2_0_7
GD_2_0_8
GD_2_0_9

gd-2.*

gd-2.1.0
gd-2.1.0-alpha1
gd-2.1.0-rc1
gd-2.1.0-rc2
gd-2.1.1
gd-2.2.0
gd-2.2.1
gd-2.2.2

Database specific

vanir_signatures

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