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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.8

CVE-2007-3996 json

Multiple integer overflows in libgd in PHP before 5.2.4 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibl…

published 2007-09-04 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2007-3980

cvss
6.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.2%
EPSS 4.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Multiple integer overflows in libgd in PHP before 5.2.4 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large (1) srcW or (2) srcH value to the (a) gdImageCopyResized function, or a large (3) sy (height) or (4) sx (width) value to the (b) gdImageCreate or the (c) gdImageCreateTrueColor function.

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-2007-3996

  • php RHEL 2 APPLICATION_STACK 5.2.3-3.el5s2
  • php-gd RHEL 2 APPLICATION_STACK 5.2.3-3.el5s2
  • php-cli RHEL 2 APPLICATION_STACK 5.2.3-3.el5s2
  • php-dba RHEL 2 APPLICATION_STACK 5.2.3-3.el5s2
  • php-pdo RHEL 2 APPLICATION_STACK 5.2.3-3.el5s2
  • php-xml RHEL 2 APPLICATION_STACK 5.2.3-3.el5s2
  • php-imap RHEL 2 APPLICATION_STACK 5.2.3-3.el5s2
  • php-ldap RHEL 2 APPLICATION_STACK 5.2.3-3.el5s2

red hat advisories RHSA-2007:0917RHSA-2007:0891RHSA-2007:0890RHSA-2007:0889RHSA-2007:0888

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-2007-3996 updated

php multiple integer overflows in gd

  • Red Hat Application Stack v1 for Enterprise Linux AS (v.4) php 5.1.6-3.el4s1.8, php-gd 5.1.6-3.el4s1.8, php-cli 5.1.6-3.el4s1.8, php-dba 5.1.6-3.el4s1.8, php-pdo 5.1.6-3.el4s1.8, php-xml 5.1.6-3.el4s1.8, +12 more Red Hat Application Stack v1 for Enterprise Linux ES (v.4) php 5.1.6-3.el4s1.8, php-gd 5.1.6-3.el4s1.8, php-cli 5.1.6-3.el4s1.8, php-dba 5.1.6-3.el4s1.8, php-pdo 5.1.6-3.el4s1.8, php-xml 5.1.6-3.el4s1.8, +12 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:0891
  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 php 4.3.2-43.ent, php-imap 4.3.2-43.ent, php-ldap 4.3.2-43.ent, php-odbc 4.3.2-43.ent, php-mysql 4.3.2-43.ent, php-pgsql 4.3.2-43.ent
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:0889
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) php 5.1.6-15.el5, php-gd 5.1.6-15.el5, php-cli 5.1.6-15.el5, php-dba 5.1.6-15.el5, php-pdo 5.1.6-15.el5, php-xml 5.1.6-15.el5, +12 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:0890
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 php 4.1.2-2.19, php-imap 4.1.2-2.19, php-ldap 4.1.2-2.19, php-odbc 4.1.2-2.19, php-mysql 4.1.2-2.19, php-pgsql 4.1.2-2.19, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:0888
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 php 4.3.2-43.ent, php-imap 4.3.2-43.ent, php-ldap 4.3.2-43.ent, php-odbc 4.3.2-43.ent, php-mysql 4.3.2-43.ent, php-pgsql 4.3.2-43.ent
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:0889
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 php 4.3.9-3.22.9, php-gd 4.3.9-3.22.9, php-imap 4.3.9-3.22.9, php-ldap 4.3.9-3.22.9, php-odbc 4.3.9-3.22.9, php-pear 4.3.9-3.22.9, +7 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 php 4.3.9-3.22.9, php-gd 4.3.9-3.22.9, php-imap 4.3.9-3.22.9, php-ldap 4.3.9-3.22.9, php-odbc 4.3.9-3.22.9, php-pear 4.3.9-3.22.9, +7 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) php 5.1.6-15.el5, php-gd 5.1.6-15.el5, php-cli 5.1.6-15.el5, php-dba 5.1.6-15.el5, php-pdo 5.1.6-15.el5, php-xml 5.1.6-15.el5, +12 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:0890
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1 php 4.1.2-2.19, php-imap 4.1.2-2.19, php-ldap 4.1.2-2.19, php-odbc 4.1.2-2.19, php-mysql 4.1.2-2.19, php-pgsql 4.1.2-2.19, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:0888
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 php 4.3.2-43.ent, php-imap 4.3.2-43.ent, php-ldap 4.3.2-43.ent, php-odbc 4.3.2-43.ent, php-mysql 4.3.2-43.ent, php-pgsql 4.3.2-43.ent
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:0889
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 php 4.3.9-3.22.9, php-gd 4.3.9-3.22.9, php-imap 4.3.9-3.22.9, php-ldap 4.3.9-3.22.9, php-odbc 4.3.9-3.22.9, php-pear 4.3.9-3.22.9, +7 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:0890
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1 php 4.1.2-2.19, php-imap 4.1.2-2.19, php-ldap 4.1.2-2.19, php-odbc 4.1.2-2.19, php-mysql 4.1.2-2.19, php-pgsql 4.1.2-2.19, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:0888
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 php 4.3.2-43.ent, php-imap 4.3.2-43.ent, php-ldap 4.3.2-43.ent, php-odbc 4.3.2-43.ent, php-mysql 4.3.2-43.ent, php-pgsql 4.3.2-43.ent
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:0889
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 php 4.3.9-3.22.9, php-gd 4.3.9-3.22.9, php-imap 4.3.9-3.22.9, php-ldap 4.3.9-3.22.9, php-odbc 4.3.9-3.22.9, php-pear 4.3.9-3.22.9, +7 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:0890
  • Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 php 4.1.2-2.19, php-imap 4.1.2-2.19, php-ldap 4.1.2-2.19, php-odbc 4.1.2-2.19, php-mysql 4.1.2-2.19, php-pgsql 4.1.2-2.19, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:0888

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Exploit prediction

4.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
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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.