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CVE-2016-5116

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.1 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-08-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

gd_xbm.c in the GD Graphics Library (aka libgd) before 2.2.0, as used in certain custom PHP 5.5.x configurations, allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory or cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer under-read and application crash) via a long name.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 8.0
• Libgd: through 2.2.1
• openSUSE Leap: 42.1

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00078.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3619
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/29/5
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3030-1
• https://github.com/libgd/libgd/commit/4dc1a2d7931017d3625f2d7cff70a17ce58b53b4
• https://github.com/libgd/libgd/issues/211
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00078.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3619
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/29/5
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3030-1
• https://github.com/libgd/libgd/commit/4dc1a2d7931017d3625f2d7cff70a17ce58b53b4
• https://github.com/libgd/libgd/issues/211

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