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CVE-2014-2497

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 20.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2014-03-21 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-476

Description

The gdImageCreateFromXpm function in gdxpm.c in libgd, as used in PHP 5.4.26 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted color table in an XPM file.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 12.04, 14.04, 15.10, 16.04
• Debian Linux: 7.0, 8.0
• Oracle Corporation Solaris Operating System: 11.2
• PHP: before 5.4.32; from 5.5.0 before 5.5.16 — fixed in 5.4.32, 5.5.16
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 6.0, 7.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Eus: 6.5, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 6.0, 7.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Aus: 6.5, 7.3, 7.6
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Tus: 6.5, 7.3, 7.6, 7.7
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 6.0, 7.0
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server: 11-sp2, 11-sp3
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit: 11-sp3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: PHP 5.4.32, 5.5.16. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0288.html
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-07/msg00001.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-07/msg00002.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1326.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1327.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1765.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1766.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/59061
• http://secunia.com/advisories/59418
• http://secunia.com/advisories/59496
• http://secunia.com/advisories/59652

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