| Name | CVE-2017-6363 |
| Description | In the GD Graphics Library (aka LibGD) through 2.2.5, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in tiffWriter in gd_tiff.c. NOTE: the vendor says "In my opinion this issue should not have a CVE, since the GD and GD2 formats are documented to be 'obsolete, and should only be used for development and testing purposes.' |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| libgd2 (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2.1.0-5+deb8u15 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security) | 2.2.4-2+deb9u4 | vulnerable |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 2.2.4-2+deb9u6 | vulnerable |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 2.2.5-5.2+deb10u1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 2.3.0-2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2.3.3-9 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2.3.3-12 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| libgd2 | source | wheezy | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| libgd2 | source | (unstable) | 2.3.0-1 | | | |
Notes
[buster] - libgd2 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[stretch] - libgd2 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[jessie] - libgd2 <ignored> (Minor issue)
https://github.com/libgd/libgd/commit/0be86e1926939a98afbd2f3a23c673dfc4df2a7c
https://github.com/libgd/libgd/commit/2dbd8f6e66b73ed43d9b81a45350922b80f75397
https://github.com/libgd/libgd/issues/383