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CVE-2017-6362

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-6362 is a double free vulnerability in the gdImagePngPtr function of libgd2 versions prior to 2.2.5, affecting products like Canonical, Debian, and Fedora. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by manipulating a palette with no colors. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), it is easily exploitable over the network without user interaction, leading to high availability impact. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libgd:libgd:2.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
26CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

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
5.10%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0510 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 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 (13)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
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: libwmf
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: libwmf
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: php
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software CollectionsFixed in: rh-php56-php
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software CollectionsFixed in: rh-php70-php
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: libwmf
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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-6362Moderate

gd: Double free in the gdImagePngPtr function

Aug 30, 2017

References

github.com / libgd/libgd/issues/381
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
github.com / libgd/libgd/releases/tag/gd-2.2.5
PatchRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/N2BLXX7KNRE7ZVQAKGTHHWS33CUCXVUP
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3961
Third Party Advisory