Security advisory

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  "id": "4aeb8ed2cfba1958830ecaeb7b21cba9169932d5322ca0f4768c8552c1d8fcc6",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-6363",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2017-6363",
    "summary": "In the GD Graphics Library (aka LibGD) through 2.2.5, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in tiffWriter in gd_tiff.c. NOTE: the vendor says \"In my opinion this issue should not have a CVE, since the GD and GD2 formats are documented to be 'obsolete, and should only be used for development and testing purposes.'",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-6363",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2017-6363",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2017-6363"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/libgd/libgd",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "8255231b68889597d04d451a72438ab92a405aba"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:libgd:libgd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "2.2.5"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "gd-2.2.5",
            "gd-2.2.4",
            "gd-2.2.3",
            "gd-2.2.2",
            "gd-2.2.1",
            "gd-2.2.0",
            "gd-2.1.1",
            "gd-2.1.0",
            "gd-2.1.0-rc1",
            "gd-2.1.0-alpha1",
            "GD_2_0_34RC1",
            "GD_2_0_33",
            "GD_2_0_32",
            "GD_2_0_31",
            "GD_2_0_30",
            "GD_2_0_29",
            "GD_2_0_28",
            "GD_2_0_27",
            "GD_2_0_26",
            "GD_2_0_25",
            "GD_2_0_24",
            "GD_2_0_23",
            "GD_2_0_22",
            "GD_2_0_21",
            "GD_2_0_20",
            "GD_2_0_19",
            "GD_2_0_18",
            "GD_2_0_17",
            "GD_2_0_15",
            "GD_2_0_14",
            "GD_2_0_13",
            "GD_2_0_12",
            "GD_2_0_11",
            "GD_2_0_10",
            "GD_2_0_9",
            "GD_2_0_8",
            "GD_2_0_7",
            "GD_2_0_6",
            "GD_2_0_5",
            "GD_2_0_4",
            "GD_2_0_3",
            "GD_2_0_2",
            "GD_2_0_1",
            "GD_2_0_0",
            "GD_1_8_4",
            "GD_1_8_3",
            "GD_1_8_1",
            "GD_1_8_0",
            "GD_1_7_3",
            "GD_1_7_2",
            "GD_1_7_1",
            "GD_1_7_0",
            "GD_1_6_3",
            "GD_1_6_2",
            "GD_1_6_1",
            "GD_1_6_0",
            "GD_1_5_0",
            "GD_1_4_0",
            "GD_1_3_0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-6363.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:49:05.833030463Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/libgd/libgd/issues/383"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2017-6363",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 380453,
  "published_at": "2020-02-27T05:15:11.007+00:00"
}