ubuntu-cve-2018-5711
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2018-01-16 00:00
Modified
2026-04-22 07:38
Summary
Details

gd_gif_in.c in the GD Graphics Library (aka libgd), as used in PHP before 5.6.33, 7.0.x before 7.0.27, 7.1.x before 7.1.13, and 7.2.x before 7.2.1, has an integer signedness error that leads to an infinite loop via a crafted GIF file, as demonstrated by a call to the imagecreatefromgif or imagecreatefromstring PHP function. This is related to GetCode_ and gdImageCreateFromGifCtx.

Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
low
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libgd-tools",
            "binary_version": "2.1.0-3ubuntu0.10"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libgd3",
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          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
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        "name": "libgd2",
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      },
      "ranges": [
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              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
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            }
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "versions": [
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        "2.1.0-3",
        "2.1.0-3ubuntu0.1",
        "2.1.0-3ubuntu0.2",
        "2.1.0-3ubuntu0.3",
        "2.1.0-3ubuntu0.5",
        "2.1.0-3ubuntu0.6",
        "2.1.0-3ubuntu0.7",
        "2.1.0-3ubuntu0.8"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libgd-tools",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libgd3",
            "binary_version": "2.1.1-4ubuntu0.16.04.10"
          }
        ]
      },
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      },
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            },
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        }
      ],
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    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libgd-tools",
            "binary_version": "2.2.5-4ubuntu0.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libgd3",
            "binary_version": "2.2.5-4ubuntu0.2"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS",
        "name": "libgd2",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/libgd2@2.2.5-4ubuntu0.2?arch=source\u0026distro=bionic"
      },
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          ],
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        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "2.2.5-3",
        "2.2.5-4"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "gd_gif_in.c in the GD Graphics Library (aka libgd), as used in PHP before 5.6.33, 7.0.x before 7.0.27, 7.1.x before 7.1.13, and 7.2.x before 7.2.1, has an integer signedness error that leads to an infinite loop via a crafted GIF file, as demonstrated by a call to the imagecreatefromgif or imagecreatefromstring PHP function. This is related to GetCode_ and gdImageCreateFromGifCtx.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5711",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:38:32Z",
  "published": "2018-01-16T00:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5711"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3755-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-5711"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-3755-1"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "low",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2018-5711"
  ]
}



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