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CVE-2007-3478

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-3478 describes a race condition in the gdImageStringFTEx function within the GD Graphics Library (libgd) versions prior to 2.0.35, potentially leading to a denial of service (crash) when processing TrueType fonts. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and a partial impact on availability, requiring user assistance for exploitation. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.0.34CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gd_graphics_library:gdlib:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.72%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0172 is in the 53rd percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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 Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2007-3478Low

libgd Certain TTF handling routines are not reentrant

Jun 21, 2007

References

bugs.libgd.org
bugs.php.net / bug.php
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 / 37740
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/25855
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/26272
secunia.com / advisories/26390
secunia.com / advisories/26415
secunia.com / advisories/26467
secunia.com / advisories/26663
secunia.com / advisories/26766
secunia.com / advisories/26856
secunia.com / advisories/30168
secunia.com / advisories/42813
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
libgd.org / ReleaseNote020035
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
trustix.org / errata/2007/0024
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/2336
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0022