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CVE-2007-3477

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-3477 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the GD Graphics Library (libgd) versions prior to 2.0.35. Specifically, the imagearc and imagefilledarc functions can be exploited by attackers providing excessively large start or end angle degree values, leading to high CPU consumption. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with a network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.0.35CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libgd:gd_graphics_library:*:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.33CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libgd:gd_graphics_library:2.0.33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.34CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libgd:gd_graphics_library:2.0.34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.34CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libgd:gd_graphics_library:2.0.34:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.34CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libgd:gd_graphics_library:2.0.34:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.86%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0486 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 23,703 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Vendor Patches (3)

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-2007-3477Low

gd: arc drawing functions can consume large amount of CPU time

Jun 21, 2007

References

ftp.slackware.com / pub/slackware/slackware-11.0/patches/packages/gd-2.0.35-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz
Patch
bugs.libgd.org
Exploit
bugs.libgd.org
fedoranews.org / updates/FEDORA-2007-205.shtml
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052848.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052854.html
osvdb.org / 42062
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/25860
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/26272
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/26390
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/26415
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/26467
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/26663
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/26766
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/26856
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/30168
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/31168
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/42813
Vendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200708-05.xml
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200711-34.xml
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200805-13.xml
issues.rpath.com / browse/RPL-1643
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1613
libgd.org / ReleaseNote020035
Patch
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2007_15_sr.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-September/msg00311.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/478796/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/24651
trustix.org / errata/2007/0024
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0022
Vendor Advisory