CVE-2018-5711

Publication date 16 January 2018

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

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.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libgd2 21.04 hirsute
Fixed 2.2.5-4ubuntu1
20.10 groovy
Fixed 2.2.5-4ubuntu1
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 2.2.5-4ubuntu1
19.10 eoan
Fixed 2.2.5-4ubuntu1
19.04 disco
Fixed 2.2.5-4ubuntu1
18.10 cosmic
Fixed 2.2.5-4ubuntu1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 2.2.5-4ubuntu0.2
17.10 artful Ignored end of life
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 2.1.1-4ubuntu0.16.04.10
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 2.1.0-3ubuntu0.10
php5 21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
19.10 eoan Not in release
19.04 disco Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
php7.0 21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
19.10 eoan Not in release
19.04 disco Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
php7.1 21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
19.10 eoan Not in release
19.04 disco Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Notes

mdeslaur

php uses the system libgd2

Patch details

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Package Patch details
libgd2

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

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