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CVE-2016-6214

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-6214 describes an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the GD Graphics Library (libgd) versions prior to 2.2.3, affecting products like Debian and openSUSE. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) can be triggered remotely via a crafted TGA file, leading to a denial of service without requiring user interaction beyond opening the malicious file. While the potential impact is high availability, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libgd:libgd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
42.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.20%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0320 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 26,221 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 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 (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-6214Low

gd: Buffer over-read issue when parsing crafted TGA file

Jul 12, 2016

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00086.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00078.html
Third Party Advisory
github.com / libgd/libgd/commit/10ef1dca63d62433fda13309b4a228782db823f7
Issue TrackingPatch
github.com / libgd/libgd/issues/247
Third Party Advisory
libgd.github.io / release-2.2.3.html
Vendor Advisory
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3619
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/07/13/12
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/07/13/5
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-3060-1