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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2016-7568

Integer overflow in the gdImageWebpCtx function in gd_webp.c in the GD Graphics Library (aka libgd) through 2.2.3, as used in PHP through 7.0.11, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted imagewebp and imagedestroy calls.

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CVE-2016-7568

core-osv · Original source

Published 28 Sept 2016, 20:59 UTC

Integer overflow in the gdImageWebpCtx function in gd_webp.c in the GD Graphics Library (aka libgd) through 2.2.3, as used in PHP through 7.0.11, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted imagewebp and imagedestroy calls.

osv:CVE-2016-7568
Complete source record
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      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
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