CVE-2007-0455 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2007-0455?

CVE-2007-0455 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 30 Jan 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Buffer overflow in the gdImageStringFTEx function in gdft.c in GD Graphics Library 2.0.33 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted string with a JIS encoded font.

Weakness: CWE-120

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-0455?

It affects 7 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Gd Graphics Library Project Gd Graphics Library, Php Php, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server and 1 more.

How do I fix CVE-2007-0455?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2007-0455 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-0455 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2007-0455, GHSA-v7pw-4467-76mh.