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CVE-2006-2906

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 10.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2006-06-08 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The LZW decoding in the gdImageCreateFromGifPtr function in the Thomas Boutell graphics draw (GD) library (aka libgd) 2.0.33 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via malformed GIF data that causes an infinite loop.

Affected products

• Thomas Boutell Graphics Draw Library: 2.0.33

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/20500
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20571
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20676
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20853
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20866
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20887
• http://secunia.com/advisories/21050
• http://secunia.com/advisories/21186
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23783
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1067
• http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1117
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:112

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