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CVE-2007-0455

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-0455 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the gdImageStringFTEx function of the GD Graphics Library (versions 2.0.33 and earlier), impacting products like Canonical, Fedora, PHP, and Red Hat. This vulnerability, rated with a CVSS score of 7.5, allows unauthenticated remote attackers to cause a denial of service and potentially execute arbitrary code through a crafted JIS-encoded font string. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.0.33CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gd_graphics_library_project:gd_graphics_library:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.4.0, < 4.4.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.06CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
11.69%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1169 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (9)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: php-0:4.3.2-40.ent
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: php-0:4.3.9-3.22.4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: gd-0:2.0.28-5.4E.el4_6.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: php-0:5.1.6-11.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: gd-0:2.0.33-9.4.el5_1.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Web Application Stack for RHEL 4Fixed in: php-0:5.1.6-3.el4s1.6
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: libwmf
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: libwmf
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: libwmf

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2007-0455Low

gd: buffer overrun

Jan 26, 2007

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
fedoranews.org / cms/node/2631
Broken Link
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052848.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052854.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.rpath.com / pipermail/security-announce/2007-February/000145.html
Broken Link
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2007-0155.html
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/23916
Not ApplicableVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/24022
Not Applicable
secunia.com / advisories/24052
Not Applicable
secunia.com / advisories/24053
Not Applicable
secunia.com / advisories/24107
Not Applicable
secunia.com / advisories/24143
Not Applicable
secunia.com / advisories/24151
Not Applicable
secunia.com / advisories/24924
Not Applicable
secunia.com / advisories/24945
Not Applicable
secunia.com / advisories/24965
Not Applicable
secunia.com / advisories/25575
Not Applicable
secunia.com / advisories/29157
Not Applicable
secunia.com / advisories/42813
Not Applicable
issues.rpath.com / browse/RPL-1030
Broken Link
issues.rpath.com / browse/RPL-1268
Broken Link
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11303
Third Party Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Broken Link
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Broken Link
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Broken Link
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Broken Link
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2007-0153.html
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2007-0162.html
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0146.html
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/466166/100/0/threaded
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/22289
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
trustix.org / errata/2007/0007
Broken Link
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-473-1
Third Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/0400
Permissions Required
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0022
Permissions Required