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high 7.5

CVE-2007-0455 in the critical feed json

Buffer overflow in the gdImageStringFTEx function in gdft.c in GD Graphics Library 2.0.33 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a de…

published 2007-01-30 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2007-0454

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
12.3%
EPSS 12.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Buffer overflow in the gdImageStringFTEx function in gdft.c in GD Graphics Library 2.0.33 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted string with a JIS encoded font.

Patch / fix

  • php php 4.4.7
  • libgd2 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.0.35.dfsg-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2007-0455

  • gd RHEL 4 2.0.28-5.4E.el4_6.1
  • gd RHEL 5 2.0.33-9.4.el5_1.1
  • gd-progs RHEL 4 2.0.28-5.4E.el4_6.1
  • gd-progs RHEL 5 2.0.33-9.4.el5_1.1
  • php RHEL 1 APPLICATION_STACK 5.1.6-3.el4s1.6
  • php-gd RHEL 1 APPLICATION_STACK 5.1.6-3.el4s1.6
  • php-cli RHEL 1 APPLICATION_STACK 5.1.6-3.el4s1.6
  • php-dba RHEL 1 APPLICATION_STACK 5.1.6-3.el4s1.6

red hat advisories RHSA-2008:0146RHSA-2007:0162RHSA-2007:0155RHSA-2007:0153

  • 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-2007-0455 updated

gd: buffer overrun

  • 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 Application Stack v1 for Enterprise Linux AS (v.4) php 5.1.6-3.el4s1.6, php-gd 5.1.6-3.el4s1.6, php-cli 5.1.6-3.el4s1.6, php-dba 5.1.6-3.el4s1.6, php-pdo 5.1.6-3.el4s1.6, php-xml 5.1.6-3.el4s1.6, +12 more Red Hat Application Stack v1 for Enterprise Linux ES (v.4) php 5.1.6-3.el4s1.6, php-gd 5.1.6-3.el4s1.6, php-cli 5.1.6-3.el4s1.6, php-dba 5.1.6-3.el4s1.6, php-pdo 5.1.6-3.el4s1.6, php-xml 5.1.6-3.el4s1.6, +12 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:0162
  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 php 4.3.2-40.ent, php-imap 4.3.2-40.ent, php-ldap 4.3.2-40.ent, php-odbc 4.3.2-40.ent, php-mysql 4.3.2-40.ent, php-pgsql 4.3.2-40.ent
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:0155
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) php 5.1.6-11.el5, php-gd 5.1.6-11.el5, php-cli 5.1.6-11.el5, php-dba 5.1.6-11.el5, php-pdo 5.1.6-11.el5, php-xml 5.1.6-11.el5, +14 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0146
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 php 4.3.2-40.ent, php-imap 4.3.2-40.ent, php-ldap 4.3.2-40.ent, php-odbc 4.3.2-40.ent, php-mysql 4.3.2-40.ent, php-pgsql 4.3.2-40.ent Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 php 4.3.9-3.22.4, php-gd 4.3.9-3.22.4, php-imap 4.3.9-3.22.4, php-ldap 4.3.9-3.22.4, php-odbc 4.3.9-3.22.4, php-pear 4.3.9-3.22.4, +9 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:0155
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) gd 2.0.33-9.4.el5_1.1, gd-progs 2.0.33-9.4.el5_1.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0146
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 php 4.3.9-3.22.4, php-gd 4.3.9-3.22.4, php-imap 4.3.9-3.22.4, php-ldap 4.3.9-3.22.4, php-odbc 4.3.9-3.22.4, php-pear 4.3.9-3.22.4, +9 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:0155
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) php 5.1.6-11.el5, php-gd 5.1.6-11.el5, php-cli 5.1.6-11.el5, php-dba 5.1.6-11.el5, php-pdo 5.1.6-11.el5, php-xml 5.1.6-11.el5, +13 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0146
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 php 4.3.2-40.ent, php-imap 4.3.2-40.ent, php-ldap 4.3.2-40.ent, php-odbc 4.3.2-40.ent, php-mysql 4.3.2-40.ent, php-pgsql 4.3.2-40.ent Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 php 4.3.9-3.22.4, php-gd 4.3.9-3.22.4, php-imap 4.3.9-3.22.4, php-ldap 4.3.9-3.22.4, php-odbc 4.3.9-3.22.4, php-pear 4.3.9-3.22.4, +9 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 php 4.3.2-40.ent, php-imap 4.3.2-40.ent, php-ldap 4.3.2-40.ent, php-odbc 4.3.2-40.ent, php-mysql 4.3.2-40.ent, php-pgsql 4.3.2-40.ent Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 php 4.3.9-3.22.4, php-gd 4.3.9-3.22.4, php-imap 4.3.9-3.22.4, php-ldap 4.3.9-3.22.4, php-odbc 4.3.9-3.22.4, php-pear 4.3.9-3.22.4, +9 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:0155

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Exploit prediction

12.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input
Technology feeds

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.