CVE-2016-9933

Public on 2017-01-04
Modified on 2017-01-26
Description
An infinite recursion flaw was found in the gdImageFillToBorder() function from the gd library; also used by PHP imagefilltoborder() function, when passing a negative integer as the color parameter, triggering a stack overflow. A remote attacker with ability to force a negative color identifier when calling the function could crash the PHP application, causing a Denial of Service.
Severity
Low severity
Low
CVSS v3 Base Score
3.3
See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 1 php56 2017-01-26 ALAS-2017-787 Fixed
Amazon Linux 1 php70 2017-01-26 ALAS-2017-788 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 3.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
NVD CVSSv2 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
NVD CVSSv3 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H