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CVE-2007-3996

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-3996 describes multiple integer overflow vulnerabilities in the libgd library, specifically affecting PHP versions prior to 5.2.4. Attackers could exploit these flaws by providing large image dimensions to functions like gdImageCopyResized, gdImageCreate, or gdImageCreateTrueColor. This could lead to a denial of service through application crashes and potentially arbitrary code execution. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.8, indicating a medium severity with network access, medium attack complexity, and potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. 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
<= 5.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.22%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0422 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1Fixed in: php-0:4.1.2-2.19
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: php-0:4.3.2-43.ent
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: php-0:4.3.9-3.22.9
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: php-0:5.1.6-15.el5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Web Application Stack for RHEL 4Fixed in: php-0:5.1.6-3.el4s1.8
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2007-3996Moderate

php multiple integer overflows in gd

Aug 30, 2007

References

bugs.gentoo.org / show_bug.cgi
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00006.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2007-0889.html
secunia.com / advisories/26642
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/26822
secunia.com / advisories/26838
secunia.com / advisories/26871
secunia.com / advisories/26895
secunia.com / advisories/26930
secunia.com / advisories/26967
secunia.com / advisories/27102
secunia.com / advisories/27351
secunia.com / advisories/27377
secunia.com / advisories/27545
secunia.com / advisories/28009
secunia.com / advisories/28147
secunia.com / advisories/28658
secunia.com / advisories/31168
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200712-13.xml
securityreason.com / securityalert/3103
secweb.se / en/advisories/php-imagecopyresized-integer-overflow
Patch
secweb.se / en/advisories/php-imagecreatetruecolor-integer-overflow
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/36382
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/36383
issues.rpath.com / browse/RPL-1693
issues.rpath.com / browse/RPL-1702
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11147
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-449.htm
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-September/msg00354.html
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1613
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-02.xml
mandriva.com / security/advisories
php.net / ChangeLog-5.php
Patch
php.net / releases/5_2_4.php
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2007-0888.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2007-0890.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2007-0891.html
trustix.org / errata/2007/0026
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-557-1
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/3023