CVE-2018-14553
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: February 11, 2020 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:41 AM UTC
5 products affected across 5 vendorsDebian LinuxFedoraUbuntu Linux
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
gdImageClone in gd.c in libgd 2.1.0-rc2 through 2.2.5 has a NULL pointer dereference allowing attackers to crash an application via a specific function call sequence. Only affects PHP when linked with an external libgd (not bundled).
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00020.html
- https://github.com/libgd/libgd/commit/a93eac0e843148dc2d631c3ba80af17e9c8c860f
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3CZ2QADQTKRHTGB2AHD7J4QQNDLBEMM6/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4316-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4316-2/
References (9)
Vendor AdvisoryThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00020.htmlIssue TrackingPermissions Required
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1599032PatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/libgd/libgd/commit/a93eac0e843148dc2d631c3ba80af17e9c8c860fMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00014.htmlCVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-476
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