CVE-2016-1903 is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability affecting the gdImageRotateInterpolated function in PHP versions before 5.5.31, 5.6.17, and 7.0.2. A remote attacker can trigger this flaw by providing a large bgd_color argument to the imagerotate function, leading to sensitive information disclosure or a denial of service (application crash). This vulnerability carries a critical CVSS score of 9.1, indicating a severe impact with high confidentiality and availability concerns, and can be exploited over the network with low attack complexity. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the CVE has garnered significant community discussion, suggesting awareness among security researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 5.5.30CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.0:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.0:alpha2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.0:alpha3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.6.0:alpha4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
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