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CVE-2018-5711 Detail

Description

gd_gif_in.c in the GD Graphics Library (aka libgd), as used in PHP before 5.6.33, 7.0.x before 7.0.27, 7.1.x before 7.1.13, and 7.2.x before 7.2.1, has an integer signedness error that leads to an infinite loop via a crafted GIF file, as demonstrated by a call to the imagecreatefromgif or imagecreatefromstring PHP function. This is related to GetCode_ and gdImageCreateFromGifCtx.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php Release Notes  Vendor Advisory 
http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php Release Notes  Vendor Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1296 Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2519
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=75571 Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00022.html Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00028.html Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3CZ2QADQTKRHTGB2AHD7J4QQNDLBEMM6/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-18 Third Party Advisory 
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3755-1/ Third Party Advisory 
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-681 Incorrect Conversion between Numeric Types cwe source acceptance level NIST  
CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-5711
NVD Published Date:
01/16/2018
NVD Last Modified:
11/06/2023
Source:
MITRE