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CVE-2016-7568

34
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-7568 describes an integer overflow in the gdImageWebpCtx function within the GD Graphics Library (libgd) up to version 2.2.3, also affecting PHP through 7.0.11. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a heap-based buffer overflow, leading to a denial of service or potentially other unspecified impacts, through crafted imagewebp and imagedestroy calls. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network without authentication or user interaction, enabling high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness among security researchers.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libgd:libgd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.6.0, <= 5.6.26CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 7.0.0, <= 7.0.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.10%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0510 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 36,829 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-7568Moderate

php: Integer overflow in gdImageWebpCtx

Sep 2, 2016

References

bugs.php.net / bug.php
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
github.com / libgd/libgd/commit/40bec0f38f50e8510f5bb71a82f516d46facde03
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / libgd/libgd/issues/308
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / php/php-src/commit/c18263e0e0769faee96a5d0ee04b750c442783c6
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201612-09
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3693
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/93184
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry