Security advisory

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  "id": "2f228ea0fda77207ec15916f2be7322271b1426aea0410236faa53b1c96abe5f",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-6362",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2017-6362",
    "summary": "Double free vulnerability in the gdImagePngPtr function in libgd2 before 2.2.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via vectors related to a palette with no colors.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-6362",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
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        }
      ],
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              "type": "GIT",
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:libgd:libgd:2.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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                        "introduced": "2.2.4"
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                    "source": "REFERENCES_TAG",
                    "original_tag": "gd-2.2.5"
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              }
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          ],
          "versions": [
            "2.2.4",
            "gd-2.2.4"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-6362.json"
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:49:05.778770039Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/N2BLXX7KNRE7ZVQAKGTHHWS33CUCXVUP/",
        "https://github.com/libgd/libgd/issues/381",
        "https://github.com/libgd/libgd/releases/tag/gd-2.2.5"
      ],
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        "value": "CVE-2017-6362",
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 380454,
  "published_at": "2017-09-07T13:29:00.7+00:00"
}