VDB-93596 · CVE-2016-9933 · Qualys 175905

PHP up to 5.6.27/7.0.12 GD Extension gdImageAALine memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in PHP up to 5.6.27/7.0.12. It has been declared as critical. This affects the function gdImageAALine of the component GD Extension. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2016-9933. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in PHP up to 5.6.27/7.0.12 (Programming Language Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is the function gdImageAALine of the component GD Extension. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was released 11/10/2016 as confirmed changelog (Website). The advisory is shared for download at php.net. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-9933. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 175905 (Debian Security Update for php5 (DSA 3732-1)).

Upgrading to version 5.6.28 or 7.0.13 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityTracker (ID 1037272†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-93593, VDB-93594, VDB-93595 and VDB-93597. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: PHP 5.6.28/7.0.13

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11/10/2016 🔍
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11/11/2016 +1 days 🔍
11/13/2016 +2 days 🔍
05/31/2019 +929 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: php.org

Advisory: php.net
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2016-9933 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-9933
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-93596
SecurityTracker: 1037272

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Entryinfo

Created: 11/13/2016 09:48
Updated: 05/31/2019 07:52
Changes: 11/13/2016 09:48 (49), 05/31/2019 07:52 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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