CVE-2013-7456 Memory corruption in n/a

High 7.6 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause denial of service via crafted images in the GD library, affecting PHP applications using imagescale.

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-2013-7456?

CVE-2013-7456 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 7 Aug 2016. 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

gd_interpolation.c in the GD Graphics Library (aka libgd) before 2.1.1, as used in PHP before 5.5.36, 5.6.x before 5.6.22, and 7.x before 7.0.7, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted image that is mishandled by the imagescale function.

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-7456?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Libgd Libgd.

How do I fix CVE-2013-7456?

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-2013-7456 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-7456 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-7456, GHSA-f3c2-5v72-7m7f, UBUNTU-CVE-2013-7456.

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