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Unscored USN-3060-1 3 CVEs

libgd2 vulnerabilities

Published Aug 10, 2016 · Updated Apr 22, 2026

Summary

It was discovered that the GD library incorrectly handled certain malformed
TGA images. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a
specially crafted TGA image, an attacker could cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2016-6132, CVE-2016-6214)

It was discovered that the GD library incorrectly handled memory when using
gdImageScale(). A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a
denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-6207)

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS libgd2 2.1.0-3ubuntu0.3
Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS libgd2 2.1.1-4ubuntu0.16.04.3

Vulnerabilities 3

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6132
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6207
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6214