CVE-2007-3475 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 4.3 Published 28 Jun 2007 Updated 7 Aug 2024

A remote attacker can cause a denial of service crash in the GD Graphics Library by tricking a user into opening a malformed GIF image.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: A user has to click or open something
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2007-3475?

CVE-2007-3475 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 28 Jun 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The GD Graphics Library (libgd) before 2.0.35 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a GIF image that has no global color map.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-3475?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Gd Graphics Library Gdlib.

How do I fix CVE-2007-3475?

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-2007-3475 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-3475 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2007-3475, GHSA-25mv-x9rj-47v2.