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CVE-2016-6911

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-01-26 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-125

Description

The dynamicGetbuf function in the GD Graphics Library (aka libgd) before 2.2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted TIFF image.

Affected products

• Libgd: through 2.2.3

References

• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3693
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95840
• https://github.com/libgd/libgd/blob/gd-2.2.4/CHANGELOG.md
• https://github.com/libgd/libgd/commit/4859d69e07504d4b0a4bdf9bcb4d9e3769ca35ae
• https://github.com/libgd/libgd/pull/353
• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3693
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95840
• https://github.com/libgd/libgd/blob/gd-2.2.4/CHANGELOG.md
• https://github.com/libgd/libgd/commit/4859d69e07504d4b0a4bdf9bcb4d9e3769ca35ae
• https://github.com/libgd/libgd/pull/353

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