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CVE-2016-6905

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-10-03 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-125

Description

The read_image_tga 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.

Affected products

• Libgd: through 2.2.2
• openSUSE Leap: 42.1
• Opensuse: 13.2

References

• http://libgd.github.io/release-2.2.3.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00121.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00078.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/23/1
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91743
• https://github.com/libgd/libgd/commit/01c61f8ab110a77ae64b5ca67c244c728c506f03
• https://github.com/libgd/libgd/commit/3c2b605d72e8b080dace1d98a6e50b46c1d12186
• https://github.com/libgd/libgd/issues/248
• https://github.com/libgd/libgd/pull/251
• http://libgd.github.io/release-2.2.3.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00121.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00078.html

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