CVE-2016-9317 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a system hang via oversized images in the GD Graphics Library, requiring an upgrade to mitigate.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2016-9317?
CVE-2016-9317 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 26 Jan 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The gdImageCreate function in the GD Graphics Library (aka libgd) before 2.2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system hang) via an oversized image.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-9317?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Libgd Libgd.
How do I fix CVE-2016-9317?
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-2016-9317 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-9317 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2016-9317, DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9317, GHSA-7pf6-3qr6-mjfr, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9317.