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CVE-2016-9317

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.7% 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-20

Description

The gdImageCreate function in the GD Graphics Library (aka libgd) before 2.2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system hang) via an oversized image.

Affected products

• Libgd: through 2.2.3

References

• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3777
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95841
• https://github.com/libgd/libgd/blob/gd-2.2.4/CHANGELOG.md
• https://github.com/libgd/libgd/commit/1846f48e5fcdde996e7c27a4bbac5d0aef183e4b
• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3777
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95841
• https://github.com/libgd/libgd/blob/gd-2.2.4/CHANGELOG.md
• https://github.com/libgd/libgd/commit/1846f48e5fcdde996e7c27a4bbac5d0aef183e4b

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