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CVE-2014-9709

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-9709 describes a buffer over-read vulnerability in the GetCode_ function of GD 2.1.1 and earlier, impacting PHP versions before 5.5.21 and 5.6.5, as well as various Linux distributions and the libgd library. A remote attacker can exploit this flaw by providing a specially crafted GIF image, leading to a denial of service (application crash). The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with low attack complexity and no authentication required, but only impacts 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
>= 5.4.0, < 5.4.40CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.5.0, < 5.5.21CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.6.0, < 5.6.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
13.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
13.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
15.43%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1542 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 23,705 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, 0.1 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (27)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: php-0:5.3.3-46.el6_6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: php-0:5.4.16-36.ael7b_1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: php55-0:2.0-1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: php55-php-0:5.5.21-2.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: php54-0:2.0-1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: php54-php-0:5.4.40-1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: php54-php-pecl-zendopcache-0:7.0.4-3.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 EUSFixed in: php55-0:2.0-1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 EUSFixed in: php55-php-0:5.5.21-2.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 EUSFixed in: php54-0:2.0-1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 EUSFixed in: php54-php-0:5.4.40-1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 EUSFixed in: php54-php-pecl-zendopcache-0:7.0.4-3.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUSFixed in: php55-0:2.0-1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUSFixed in: php55-php-0:5.5.21-2.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUSFixed in: php54-0:2.0-1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUSFixed in: php54-php-0:5.4.40-1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUSFixed in: php54-php-pecl-zendopcache-0:7.0.4-3.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: php55-0:2.0-1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: php55-php-0:5.5.21-2.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: php54-0:2.0-1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: php54-php-0:5.4.40-1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: php54-php-pecl-zendopcache-0:7.0.4-3.el7
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redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software CollectionsFixed in: php54-php
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software CollectionsFixed in: php55-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 7Fixed in: gd

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2014-9709Low

gd: buffer read overflow in gd_gif_in.c

Dec 13, 2014

References

advisories.mageia.org / MGASA-2015-0040.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00005.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00002.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
marc.info
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
php.net / ChangeLog-5.php
ExploitVendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-1053.html
Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-1066.html
Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-1135.html
Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-1218.html
Third Party Advisory
bitbucket.org / libgd/gd-libgd/commits/47eb44b2e90ca88a08dca9f9a1aa9041e9587f43
Third Party Advisory
bugs.php.net / bug.php
Vendor Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201606-10
Third Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201607-04
Third Party Advisory
support.apple.com / HT205267
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2015/dsa-3215
Third Party Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/73306
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1033703
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2987-1
Third Party Advisory