CVE-2013-7456

Public Exploit

Description

gd_interpolation.c in the GD Graphics Library (aka libgd) before 2.1.1, as used in PHP before 5.5.36, 5.6.x before 5.6.22, and 7.x before 7.0.7, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted image that is mishandled by the imagescale function.

Category

7.6
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 2.46% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90859 vdb entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/26/3 release notes mailing list
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=72227 exploit
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3602 vendor advisory
https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/7a1aac3343af85b4af4df5f8844946eaa27394ab?w=1
https://github.com/libgd/libgd/commit/4f65a3e4eedaffa1efcf9ee1eb08f0b504fbc31a
http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php release notes
http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php release notes
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3587 vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3030-1 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2013-7456?
CVE-2013-7456 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2013-7456?
To fix CVE-2013-7456, 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-2013-7456 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2013-7456 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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