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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.5

CVE-2016-6906 json

The read_image_tga function in gd_tga.c in the GD Graphics Library (aka libgd) before 2.2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of se…

published 2017-03-15 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-7791

cvss
5.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.0%
EPSS 2.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 80%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The read_image_tga function in gd_tga.c in the GD Graphics Library (aka libgd) before 2.2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted TGA file, related to the decompression buffer.

Patch / fix

  • libgd2 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.2.4-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2016-6906

  • libgd2 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 2.1.0-3ubuntu0.6
  • libgd2 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 2.1.1-4ubuntu0.16.04.6

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6906

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • gd SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 +8 more 2.1.0-23.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2017:0468-1

  • gd Alpine 3.5, Alpine 3.4, Alpine 3.3 2.2.4-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2016-6906

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

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-2016-6906 updated cvss 5.3

gd: Out-of-bounds read in read_image_tga function

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 gd, php, php53, libwmf Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 gd, php, libwmf, php-gd, php-cli, php-dba, +24 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 gd, php, libwmf, php-gd, php-cli, php-dba, +22 more Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 php Red Hat Software Collections rh-php56-php, rh-php70-php, rh-php56-php-gd, rh-php70-php-gd, rh-php56-php-cli, rh-php56-php-dba, +52 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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

1.99% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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