CVE-2016-6161

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2016-05-08
CWE:
CWE-20->CWE-125
Bugzilla:
1353550: CVE-2016-6161 gd: Global out-of-bounds read when encoding gif from malformed gd2 input
An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in gd. A maliciously crafted .gd2 file when converted to .gif could result in information disclosure from the process linking libgd.

Find out more about CVE-2016-6161 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

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

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 4.3
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 5.9
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux rh-php56-php Will not fix
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux php54-php Will not fix
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux php55-php Will not fix
Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 php Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 php Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 gd Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 texlive Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 gd Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 php Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 graphviz Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 gd Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 php53 Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 tetex Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 php Will not fix

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