CVE-2016-6214 Denial of service in n/a

What is CVE-2016-6214?

CVE-2016-6214 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 12 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_tga.c in the GD Graphics Library (aka libgd) before 2.2.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted TGA file.

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-6214?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Libgd Libgd, Opensuse Leap.

How do I fix CVE-2016-6214?

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-2016-6214 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-6214 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2016-6214, DEBIAN-CVE-2016-6214, GHSA-3cgp-hvw6-ghr7, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6214.