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high 7.5

CVE-2016-9933 json

Stack consumption vulnerability in the gdImageFillToBorder function in gd.c in the GD Graphics Library (aka libgd) before 2.2.2, as used in…

published 2017-01-04 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-10720

cvss
7.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
6.9%
EPSS 6.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Stack consumption vulnerability in the gdImageFillToBorder function in gd.c in the GD Graphics Library (aka libgd) before 2.2.2, as used in PHP before 5.6.28 and 7.x before 7.0.13, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation violation) via a crafted imagefilltoborder call that triggers use of a negative color value.

Patch / fix

  • libgd2 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.2.2-29-g3c2b605-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9933

  • 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-2016-9933

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  • rh-php70-php RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 7.0.27-1.el6
  • rh-php70-php RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 7.0.27-1.el7
  • rh-php70-php-gd RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 7.0.27-1.el6
  • rh-php70-php-gd RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 7.0.27-1.el7
  • rh-php70-php-cli RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 7.0.27-1.el6
  • rh-php70-php-cli RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 7.0.27-1.el7
  • rh-php70-php-dba RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 7.0.27-1.el6
  • rh-php70-php-dba RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 7.0.27-1.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2018:1296

  • php53 SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLE Software Development Kit 11 SP4 5.3.17-94.1
  • php5 SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP2, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP1, SLE Module for Web and Scripting 12 5.5.14-89.2
  • php7 SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP2, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP1, SLE Module for Web and Scripting 12 7.0.7-28.2
  • gd SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLE Software Development Kit 11 SP4 2.0.36.RC1-52.29.1
  • gd SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 +8 more 2.1.0-20.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2017:0109-1SUSE-SU-2017:0038-1SUSE-SU-2017:0017-1SUSE-SU-2016:3251-1SUSE-SU-2016:3211-1

  • php Arch Linux 7.0.13-1

arch linux advisories AVG-58

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-2016-9933 updated cvss 3.3

gd: Stack overflow in gdImageFillToBorder on truecolor images

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 gd, php, php53 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 gd, php, php-gd, php-cli, php-dba, php-fpm, +22 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 gd, php, php-gd, php-cli, php-dba, php-fpm, +20 more Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 gd, php Red Hat Software Collections rh-php56-php, rh-php56-php-gd, rh-php56-php-cli, rh-php56-php-dba, rh-php56-php-dbg, rh-php56-php-fpm, +22 more
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) rh-php70-php 7.0.27-1.el6, rh-php70-php-gd 7.0.27-1.el6, rh-php70-php-cli 7.0.27-1.el6, rh-php70-php-dba 7.0.27-1.el6, rh-php70-php-dbg 7.0.27-1.el6, rh-php70-php-fpm 7.0.27-1.el6, +24 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) rh-php70-php 7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-gd 7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-cli 7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-dba 7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-dbg 7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-fpm 7.0.27-1.el7, +22 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.7) rh-php70-php 7.0.27-1.el6, rh-php70-php-gd 7.0.27-1.el6, rh-php70-php-cli 7.0.27-1.el6, rh-php70-php-dba 7.0.27-1.el6, rh-php70-php-dbg 7.0.27-1.el6, rh-php70-php-fpm 7.0.27-1.el6, +24 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.3) rh-php70-php 7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-gd 7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-cli 7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-dba 7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-dbg 7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-fpm 7.0.27-1.el7, +22 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.4) rh-php70-php 7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-gd 7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-cli 7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-dba 7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-dbg 7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-fpm 7.0.27-1.el7, +22 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.5) rh-php70-php 7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-gd 7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-cli 7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-dba 7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-dbg 7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-fpm 7.0.27-1.el7, +22 more
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) rh-php70-php 7.0.27-1.el6, rh-php70-php-gd 7.0.27-1.el6, rh-php70-php-cli 7.0.27-1.el6, rh-php70-php-dba 7.0.27-1.el6, rh-php70-php-dbg 7.0.27-1.el6, rh-php70-php-fpm 7.0.27-1.el6, +24 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) rh-php70-php 7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-gd 7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-cli 7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-dba 7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-dbg 7.0.27-1.el7, rh-php70-php-fpm 7.0.27-1.el7, +22 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:1296

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Exploit prediction

6.87% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.