CVE-2007-0455

Description

Buffer overflow in the gdImageStringFTEx function in gdft.c in GD Graphics Library 2.0.33 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted string with a JIS encoded font.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 4.83% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory trustix.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory fedoranews.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/24022 third party advisory not applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/29157 third party advisory not applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/24107 third party advisory not applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/24143 third party advisory not applicable
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22289 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466166/100/0/threaded mailing list vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0400 vdb entry permissions required
http://secunia.com/advisories/23916 not applicable third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24151 third party advisory not applicable
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0162.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42813 third party advisory not applicable
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:038 vendor advisory broken link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:035 vendor advisory broken link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0022 vdb entry permissions required
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11303 vdb entry third party advisory signature
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=224607 issue tracking third party advisory
http://lists.rpath.com/pipermail/security-announce/2007-February/000145.html mailing list broken link
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052848.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24945 third party advisory not applicable
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1268 broken link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:109 vendor advisory broken link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0146.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0007 vendor advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/24053 third party advisory not applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/24924 third party advisory not applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/24052 third party advisory not applicable
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052854.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0155.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24965 third party advisory not applicable
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:036 vendor advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/25575 third party advisory not applicable
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2631 vendor advisory broken link
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1030 broken link
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-473-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0153.html third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-0455?
CVE-2007-0455 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-0455?
To fix CVE-2007-0455, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2007-0455 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2007-0455 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~5% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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