CVE-2007-3473

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Description

The CVE Program describes this issue as:

The gdImageCreateXbm function in the GD Graphics Library (libgd) before 2.0.35 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unspecified vectors involving a gdImageCreate failure.

Statement

Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Low security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates to libwmf on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Low security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates to libwmf on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.

Additional information

  • Bugzilla 276791: libgd NULL pointer dereference when reading a corrupt X bitmap
  • CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference
  • FAQ: Frequently asked questions about CVE-2007-3473

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