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CVE-2016-6214

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-08-12 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-125

Description

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 file.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 8.0
• Libgd: through 2.2.2
• openSUSE Leap: 42.1

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00086.html
• 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/2016/07/13/12
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/13/5
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3060-1
• https://github.com/libgd/libgd/commit/10ef1dca63d62433fda13309b4a228782db823f7
• https://github.com/libgd/libgd/issues/247#issuecomment-232084241
• https://libgd.github.io/release-2.2.3.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00086.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00078.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3619

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