CVE-2014-9709

Public Exploit

Description

The GetCode_ function in gd_gif_in.c in GD 2.1.1 and earlier, as used in PHP before 5.5.21 and 5.6.x before 5.6.5, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted GIF image that is improperly handled by the gdImageCreateFromGif function.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 14.75% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory marc.info Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory php.net Vendor Advisory php.net
Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:153 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1188639 issue tracking third party advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033703 vdb entry third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00002.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
https://bitbucket.org/libgd/gd-libgd/commits/47eb44b2e90ca88a08dca9f9a1aa9041e9587f43 third party advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html third party advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143403519711434&w=2 mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php exploit vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3215 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00005.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT205267 third party advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-04 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html third party advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2987-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73306 vdb entry third party advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1135.html third party advisory vendor advisory
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=68601 vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1053.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0040.html third party advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-10 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1066.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1218.html third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-9709?
CVE-2014-9709 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-9709?
To fix CVE-2014-9709, 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-2014-9709 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2014-9709 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~15% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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