CVE-2006-2906 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via CPU exhaustion by sending malformed GIF data to applications using the GD library.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2006-2906?
CVE-2006-2906 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 8 Jun 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The LZW decoding in the gdImageCreateFromGifPtr function in the Thomas Boutell graphics draw (GD) library (aka libgd) 2.0.33 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via malformed GIF data that causes an infinite loop.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-2906?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Thomas Boutell Graphics Draw Library.
How do I fix CVE-2006-2906?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2006-2906 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-2906 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2006-2906, DSA-1117, GHSA-hc5w-hw37-7qxf.