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CVE-2021-40145

Published: Aug 26, 2021Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-415
NVD MITRE
7.5CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
2.1%
Top 21.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

gdImageGd2Ptr in gd_gd2.c in the GD Graphics Library (aka LibGD) through 2.3.2 has a double free. NOTE: the vendor's position is "The GD2 image format is a proprietary image format of libgd. It has to be regarded as being obsolete, and should only be used for development and testing purposes.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-415

Affected Products

n/an/a
libgdlibgd
Library
OSS Libraries / generic-library
Debian GNU/LinuxСообщество свободного программного обеспечения
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Astra Linux Special EditionООО «РусБИТех-Астра»
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
LibGDThomas Boutell
Library
OSS Libraries / generic-library
libgdoss-projectOSS Librariesaka gd graphics library
сообщество свободного программного обеспеченияoss-projectOperating Systemsaka сообщество свободного программного обеспечения, fsf
ооо «русбитех-астра»commercialRUOperating Systemsaka rusbitech-astra
thomas boutellindividual-devUSOSS Librariesaka libgd, gd library, cgic
and 2 more affected products View all →

Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://github.com/libgd/libgd/commit/c5fd25ce0e48fd5618a972ca9f5e28d6d62006af
github.com
https://github.com/libgd/libgd/pull/713
github.com
https://github.com/libgd/libgd/issues/700
github.com
and 9 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Aug 26, 2021
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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