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medium 5.0

CVE-2007-3477 json

The (a) imagearc and (b) imagefilledarc functions in GD Graphics Library (libgd) before 2.0.35 allow attackers to cause a denial of service…

published 2007-06-28 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2007-3462

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.9%
EPSS 4.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The (a) imagearc and (b) imagefilledarc functions in GD Graphics Library (libgd) before 2.0.35 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a large (1) start or (2) end angle degree value.

Patch / fix

  • libgd2 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.0.35.dfsg-1
  • racket Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 5.0.2-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2007-3477

  • libwmf Arch Linux 0.2.8.4-14

arch linux advisories AVG-16

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2007-3477 updated

gd: arc drawing functions can consume large amount of CPU time

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 libwmf Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 libwmf Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libwmf, libwmf-lite
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

4.86% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • bugs.libgd.org http://bugs.libgd.org/?do=details&task_id=74 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-399 Resource Management Errors

References

Sources

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