SB2021080410 - Denial of service in GD Graphics Library
Published: August 4, 2021 Updated: September 9, 2021
Security Bulletin ID
SB2021080410
Severity
Medium
Patch available
NO
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-38115)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in the "ead_header_tga" in gd_tga.c. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted TGA file, trigger out-of-bounds read error and cause a denial of service condition on the system.
Remediation
Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.