CVE-2007-2756

Public on 2015-10-27

Modified on 2015-10-27

Description

The gdPngReadData function in libgd 2.0.34 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted PNG image with truncated data, which causes an infinite loop in the png_read_info function in libpng.

Severity

Medium

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CVSS v3 Base Score

4.3

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Affected Packages

Platform	Package	Release Date	Advisory
Amazon Linux 1	libwmf	2015-10-27 13:51	ALAS-2015-604

CVSS Scores

	Score Type	Score	Vector
Amazon Linux	CVSSv2	4.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
NVD	CVSSv2	4.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

Red Hat: CVE-2007-2756 Mitre: CVE-2007-2756 FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity