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CVE-2016-9933

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-9933 is a stack consumption vulnerability in the GD Graphics Library (libgd) before version 2.2.2, also affecting PHP versions before 5.6.28 and 7.x before 7.0.13. A remote attacker can exploit this by crafting an imagefilltoborder call with a negative color value, leading to a denial of service (segmentation violation). This vulnerability has a high severity CVSS score of 7.5, indicating it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity and no user interaction, resulting in high impact to availability. 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
2.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libgd:libgd:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.93%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0693 is in the 89th 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 (17)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: rh-php70-php-0:7.0.27-1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 EUSFixed in: rh-php70-php-0:7.0.27-1.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: rh-php70-php-0:7.0.27-1.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 EUSFixed in: rh-php70-php-0:7.0.27-1.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 EUSFixed in: rh-php70-php-0:7.0.27-1.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 EUSFixed in: rh-php70-php-0:7.0.27-1.el7
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: gd
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: php
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: php53
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: gd
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: php
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: gd
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: php
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2Fixed in: gd
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2Fixed in: php
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software CollectionsFixed in: rh-php56-php

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-9933Low

gd: Stack overflow in gdImageFillToBorder on truecolor images

Dec 8, 2016

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00133.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00142.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2017-01/msg00002.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2017-01/msg00034.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2017-01/msg00054.html
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:1296
bugs.php.net / bug.php
Vendor Advisory
github.com / libgd/libgd/commit/77f619d48259383628c3ec4654b1ad578e9eb40e
PatchVendor Advisory
github.com / libgd/libgd/issues/215
Vendor Advisory
github.com / php/php-src/commit/863d37ea66d5c960db08d6f4a2cbd2518f0f80d1
Vendor Advisory
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3751
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/12/12/2
Third Party Advisory
php.net / ChangeLog-5.php
Release NotesVendor Advisory
php.net / ChangeLog-7.php
Release NotesVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/94865