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CVE-2016-8670

Integer signedness error in the dynamicGetbuf function in gd_io_dp.c in the GD Graphics Library ...

9.8 CriticalFix available

Integer signedness error in the dynamicGetbuf function in gd_io_dp.c in the GD Graphics Library (aka libgd) through 2.2.3, as used in PHP before 5.6.28 and 7.x before 7.0.13, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted imagecreatefromstring call.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

4.75%Up 3.3 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 9.8

Integer signedness error in the dynamicGetbuf function in gd_io_dp.c in the GD Graphics Library (aka libgd) through 2.2.3, as used in PHP before 5.6.28 and 7.x before 7.0.13, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted imagecreatefromstring call.

Record
CVE-2016-8670
CVSS 3.0
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
7.5 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Integer signedness error in the dynamicGetbuf function in gd_io_dp.c in the GD Graphics Library (aka libgd) through 2.2.3, as used in PHP before 5.6.28 and 7.x before 7.0.13, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted imagecreatefromstring call.

Record
CVE-2016-8670
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-9509 No score

Integer signedness error in the dynamicGetbuf function in gd_io_dp.c in the GD Graphics Library (aka libgd) through 2.2.3, as used in PHP before 5.6.28 and 7.x before 7.0.13, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted imagecreatefromstring call.

Record
EUVD-2016-9509
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-7hrm-234x-37p5 9.8

Integer signedness error in the dynamicGetbuf function in gd_io_dp.c in the GD Graphics Library ...

Integer signedness error in the dynamicGetbuf function in gd_io_dp.c in the GD Graphics Library (aka libgd) through 2.2.3, as used in PHP before 5.6.28 and 7.x before 7.0.13, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted imagecreatefromstring call.

Record
GHSA-7hrm-234x-37p5
CVSS 3.0
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVBELL-CVE-2016-8670 9.8

CVE-2016-8670 does not affect BellSoft software

Record
BELL-CVE-2016-8670
CVSS 3.0
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 9.8

Integer signedness error in the dynamicGetbuf function in gd_io_dp.c in the GD Graphics Library (aka libgd) through 2.2.3, as used in PHP before 5.6.28 and 7.x before 7.0.13, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted imagecreatefromstring call.

Record
CVE-2016-8670
CVSS 3.0
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2016-8670 9.8

Integer signedness error in the dynamicGetbuf function in gd_io_dp.c in the GD Graphics Library (aka libgd) through 2.2.3, as used in PHP before 5.6.28 and 7.x before 7.0.13, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted imagecreatefromstring call.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2016-8670
CVSS 3.0
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2016-8670 9.8

Integer signedness error in the dynamicGetbuf function in gd_io_dp.c in the GD Graphics Library (aka libgd) through 2.2.3, as used in PHP before 5.6.28 and 7.x before 7.0.13, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted imagecreatefromstring call.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8670
CVSS 3.0
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVCLSA-2020-1605798462 No score

Fix of 227 CVE

  • Fix bug #69720: Null pointer dereference in phar_get_fp_offset()
  • Fix bug #70728: Type Confusion Vulnerability in PHP_to_XMLRPC_worker()
  • Fix bug #70661: Use After Free Vulnerability in WDDX Packet Deserialization
  • Fix bug #70741: Session WDDX Packet Deserialization Type Confusion Vulnerability
  • Fix bug #71459: Integer overflow in iptcembed()
  • Fix bug #71039: exec functions ignore length but look for NULL termination
  • Fix bug #71354: Heap corruption in tar/zip/phar parser.
  • Fix bug #71391: NULL Pointer Dereference in phar_tar_setupmetadata()
  • Fix bug #71323: Output of stream_get_meta_data can be falsified by its input
  • Fix bug #71498: Out-of-Bound Read in phar_parse_zipfile()
  • Fix bug #71587: Use-After-Free / Double-Free in WDDX Deserialize
  • Fix bug #71860: Invalid memory write in phar on filename with \0 in name
  • Fix bug #71798: Integer Overflow in php_raw_url_encode
  • Fix bug #72837: integer overflow in bzdecompress caused heap corruption
  • Fix bug #72681: PHP Session Data Injection Vulnerability
  • Fix bug #72807: integer overflow in curl_escape caused heap corruption
  • Fix bug #72838: Integer overflow lead to heap corruption in sql_regcase
  • Fix bug #72697: select_colors write out-of-bounds
  • Fix bug #72730: imagegammacorrect allows arbitrary write access
  • Fix bug #72836: integer overflow in base64_decode caused heap corruption
  • Fix bug #72848: integer overflow in quoted_printable_encode caused heap corruption
  • Fix bug #72849: integer overflow in urlencode caused heap corruption
  • Fix bug #72850: integer overflow in php_uuencode caused heap corruption
  • Fix bug #72771: ftps:// wrapper is vulnerable to protocol downgrade attack
  • Fix bug #72749: wddx_deserialize allows illegal memory access
  • Fix bug #72750: wddx_deserialize null dereference
  • Fix bug #72790: wddx_deserialize null dereference with invalid xml
  • Fix bug #72799: wddx_deserialize null dereference in php_wddx_pop_element
  • Fix bug #73189: Memcpy negative size parameter php_resolve_path
  • Fix bug #73150: missing NULL check in dom_document_save_html
  • Fix bug #73284: heap overflow in php_ereg_replace function
  • Fix bug #73218: stack-buffer-overflow through "ResourceBundle" methods
  • Fix bug #73208: integer overflow in imap_8bit caused heap corruption
  • Fix bug #73082: string length overflow in mb_encode_* function
  • Fix bug #73174: heap overflow in php_pcre_replace_impl
  • Fix bug #73276: crash in openssl_random_pseudo_bytes function
  • Fix bug #73275: crash in openssl_encrypt function
  • Fix bug #73017: memory corruption in wordwrap function
  • Fix bug #73240: Write out of bounds at number_format
  • Fix bug #73073: CachingIterator null dereference when convert to string
  • Fix bug #73293: NULL pointer dereference in SimpleXMLElement::asXML()
  • Fix bug #73356: crash in bzcompress function
  • Fix bug #72696: imagefilltoborder stackoverflow on truecolor images
  • Fix bug #73418: Integer Overflow in "_php_imap_mail" leads Heap Overflow
  • Fix bug #73144: Use-after-free in ArrayObject Deserialization
  • Fix bug #73192: parse_url return wrong hostname
  • Fix bug #73331: NULL Pointer Dereference in WDDX Packet Deserialization with PDORow
  • Fix bug #73452: Segfault (Regression for #69152)
  • Fix bug #73631: Invalid read when wddx decodes empty boolean element
  • Fix bug #67587: Redirection loop on nginx with FPM
  • Fix bug #71465: PHAR doesn't know about litespeed
  • Fix bug #73737: FPE when parsing a tag format
  • Fix bug #73868: Fix DOS vulnerability in gdImageCreateFromGd2Ctx()
  • Fix bug #73869: Signed Integer Overflow gd_io.c
  • Fix bug #73773: Seg fault when loading hostile phar
  • Fix bug #70436: Use After Free Vulnerability in unserialize()
  • Fix bug #74603: PHP INI Parsing Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
  • Fix bug #72535: arcfour encryption stream filter crashes php
  • Fix bug #72434: ZipArchive class Use After Free Vulnerability in PHP's GC algorithm and unseria
  • Fix bug #72455: Heap Overflow due to integer overflows
  • Fix bug #74782:…
Record
CLSA-2020-1605798462
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2016-0421 No score

Updated libgd packages fixe security vulnerabilities

Ibrahim El-Sayed discovered that the GD library incorrectly handled certain malformed Tiff images. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted Tiff image, an attacker could cause a denial of service (CVE-2016-6911).

Emmanuel Law discovered that the GD library incorrectly handled certain strings when creating images. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted image, an attacker could cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code (CVE-2016-8670).

Record
MGASA-2016-0421
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2016:2668-1 No score

Security update for gd

This update for gd fixes the following security issues:

  • CVE-2016-7568: A specially crafted image file could cause an application crash or potentially execute arbitrary code when the image is converted to webp (bsc#1001900)
  • CVE-2016-8670: Stack Buffer Overflow in GD dynamicGetbuf (bsc#1004924)
  • CVE-2016-6911: Check for out-of-bound read in dynamicGetbuf() (bsc#1005274)
Record
SUSE-SU-2016:2668-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2016:2670-1 No score

Security update for gd

This update for gd fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2016-8670: Stack Buffer Overflow in GD dynamicGetbuf (bsc#1004924)
  • CVE-2016-6911: Check for out-of-bound read in dynamicGetbuf() (bsc#1005274)
Record
SUSE-SU-2016:2670-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2016:2681-1 No score

Security update for php53

This update for php53 fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2016-8670: Stack Buffer Overflow in GD dynamicGetbuf (bsc#1004924)
  • CVE-2016-6911: Check for out-of-bound read in dynamicGetbuf() (bsc#1005274)
Record
SUSE-SU-2016:2681-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2016:2683-1 No score

Security update for php7

This update for php7 fixes the following security issue:

  • CVE-2016-7568: A specially crafted image file could cause an application crash or potentially execute arbitrary code when the image is converted to webp (bsc#1001900)
  • CVE-2016-8670: Stack Buffer Overflow in GD dynamicGetbuf (bsc#1004924)
  • CVE-2016-6911: Check for out-of-bound read in dynamicGetbuf() (bsc#1005274)
Record
SUSE-SU-2016:2683-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2016:2683-2 No score

Security update for php7

This update for php7 fixes the following security issue:

  • CVE-2016-7568: A specially crafted image file could cause an application crash or potentially execute arbitrary code when the image is converted to webp (bsc#1001900)
  • CVE-2016-8670: Stack Buffer Overflow in GD dynamicGetbuf (bsc#1004924)
  • CVE-2016-6911: Check for out-of-bound read in dynamicGetbuf() (bsc#1005274)
Record
SUSE-SU-2016:2683-2
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2016:2766-1 No score

Security update for php5

This update for php5 fixes the following security issues:

  • CVE-2016-7568: A specially crafted image file could cause an application crash or potentially execute arbitrary code when the image is converted to webp (bsc#1001900)
  • CVE-2016-8670: Stack Buffer Overflow in GD dynamicGetbuf (bsc#1004924)
  • CVE-2016-6911: Check for out-of-bound read in dynamicGetbuf() (bsc#1005274)
Record
SUSE-SU-2016:2766-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-3117-1 No score

libgd2 vulnerabilities

Ibrahim El-Sayed discovered that the GD library incorrectly handled certain malformed Tiff images. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted Tiff image, an attacker could cause a denial of service. (CVE-2016-6911)

Ke Liu discovered that the GD library incorrectly handled certain integers when processing WebP images. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted WebP image, an attacker could cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.10. (CVE-2016-7568)

Emmanuel Law discovered that the GD library incorrectly handled certain strings when creating images. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted image, an attacker could cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-8670)

Record
USN-3117-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
php
TuxCare:CentOS:6
before 5.3.3-51.el6.cloudlinux
5.3.3-51.el6.cloudlinux
php-bcmath
TuxCare:CentOS:6
before 5.3.3-51.el6.cloudlinux
5.3.3-51.el6.cloudlinux
php-cli
TuxCare:CentOS:6
before 5.3.3-51.el6.cloudlinux
5.3.3-51.el6.cloudlinux
php-common
TuxCare:CentOS:6
before 5.3.3-51.el6.cloudlinux
5.3.3-51.el6.cloudlinux
php-dba
TuxCare:CentOS:6
before 5.3.3-51.el6.cloudlinux
5.3.3-51.el6.cloudlinux
php-devel
TuxCare:CentOS:6
before 5.3.3-51.el6.cloudlinux
5.3.3-51.el6.cloudlinux
php-embedded
TuxCare:CentOS:6
before 5.3.3-51.el6.cloudlinux
5.3.3-51.el6.cloudlinux
php-enchant
TuxCare:CentOS:6
before 5.3.3-51.el6.cloudlinux
5.3.3-51.el6.cloudlinux
php-fpm
TuxCare:CentOS:6
before 5.3.3-51.el6.cloudlinux
5.3.3-51.el6.cloudlinux
php-gd
TuxCare:CentOS:6
before 5.3.3-51.el6.cloudlinux
5.3.3-51.el6.cloudlinux
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
php-imap
TuxCare:CentOS:6
before 5.3.3-51.el6.cloudlinux
5.3.3-51.el6.cloudlinux
php-intl
TuxCare:CentOS:6
before 5.3.3-51.el6.cloudlinux
5.3.3-51.el6.cloudlinux
php-ldap
TuxCare:CentOS:6
before 5.3.3-51.el6.cloudlinux
5.3.3-51.el6.cloudlinux
php-mbstring
TuxCare:CentOS:6
before 5.3.3-51.el6.cloudlinux
5.3.3-51.el6.cloudlinux
php-mysql
TuxCare:CentOS:6
before 5.3.3-51.el6.cloudlinux
5.3.3-51.el6.cloudlinux
php-odbc
TuxCare:CentOS:6
before 5.3.3-51.el6.cloudlinux
5.3.3-51.el6.cloudlinux
php-pdo
TuxCare:CentOS:6
before 5.3.3-51.el6.cloudlinux
5.3.3-51.el6.cloudlinux
php-pgsql
TuxCare:CentOS:6
before 5.3.3-51.el6.cloudlinux
5.3.3-51.el6.cloudlinux
php-process
TuxCare:CentOS:6
before 5.3.3-51.el6.cloudlinux
5.3.3-51.el6.cloudlinux
php-pspell
TuxCare:CentOS:6
before 5.3.3-51.el6.cloudlinux
5.3.3-51.el6.cloudlinux
php-recode
TuxCare:CentOS:6
before 5.3.3-51.el6.cloudlinux
5.3.3-51.el6.cloudlinux
php-snmp
TuxCare:CentOS:6
before 5.3.3-51.el6.cloudlinux
5.3.3-51.el6.cloudlinux
php-soap
TuxCare:CentOS:6
before 5.3.3-51.el6.cloudlinux
5.3.3-51.el6.cloudlinux
php-tidy
TuxCare:CentOS:6
before 5.3.3-51.el6.cloudlinux
5.3.3-51.el6.cloudlinux
php-xml
TuxCare:CentOS:6
before 5.3.3-51.el6.cloudlinux
5.3.3-51.el6.cloudlinux
php-xmlrpc
TuxCare:CentOS:6
before 5.3.3-51.el6.cloudlinux
5.3.3-51.el6.cloudlinux
php-zts
TuxCare:CentOS:6
before 5.3.3-51.el6.cloudlinux
5.3.3-51.el6.cloudlinux
libgd2
Debian:12
before 2.2.3-87-gd0fec80-1
2.2.3-87-gd0fec80-1
libgd2
Debian:13
before 2.2.3-87-gd0fec80-1
2.2.3-87-gd0fec80-1
libgd2
Debian:14
before 2.2.3-87-gd0fec80-1
2.2.3-87-gd0fec80-1
libgd2
Debian:7
before 2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-6.1+deb7u6, plus listed versions
2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-6.12.0.36~rc1~dfsg-6.1+deb7u12.0.36~rc1~dfsg-6.1+deb7u22.0.36~rc1~dfsg-6.1+deb7u32.0.36~rc1~dfsg-6.1+deb7u42.0.36~rc1~dfsg-6.1+deb7u5
2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-6.1+deb7u6
libgd2
Debian:8
before 2.1.0-5+deb8u7, plus listed versions
2.1.0-52.1.0-5+deb8u12.1.0-5+deb8u22.1.0-5+deb8u32.1.0-5+deb8u42.1.0-5+deb8u52.1.0-5+deb8u6
2.1.0-5+deb8u7
libgd
Mageia:5
before 2.2.3-1.4.mga5
2.2.3-1.4.mga5
gd
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1
before 2.1.0-17.1
2.1.0-17.1
gd
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1
before 2.1.0-17.1
2.1.0-17.1
gd
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
before 2.1.0-17.1
2.1.0-17.1
gd
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
before 2.1.0-17.1
2.1.0-17.1
gd
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP1
before 2.1.0-17.1
2.1.0-17.1
gd
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
before 2.0.36.RC1-52.25.1
2.0.36.RC1-52.25.1
gd
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
before 2.0.36.RC1-52.25.1
2.0.36.RC1-52.25.1
gd
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
before 2.0.36.RC1-52.25.1
2.0.36.RC1-52.25.1
php53
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
before 5.3.17-87.1
5.3.17-87.1
php53
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
before 5.3.17-87.1
5.3.17-87.1
php53
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
before 5.3.17-87.1
5.3.17-87.1
php7
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Web and Scripting 12
before 7.0.7-20.1
7.0.7-20.1
php7
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1
before 7.0.7-20.1
7.0.7-20.1
php5
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Web and Scripting 12
before 5.5.14-83.1
5.5.14-83.1
php5
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1
before 5.5.14-83.1
5.5.14-83.1
libgd2
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
before 2.1.0-3ubuntu0.5, plus listed versions
2.1.0-22.1.0-32.1.0-3ubuntu0.12.1.0-3ubuntu0.22.1.0-3ubuntu0.3
2.1.0-3ubuntu0.5
libgd2
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
before 2.1.1-4ubuntu0.16.04.5, plus listed versions
2.1.1-4build12.1.1-4build22.1.1-4ubuntu0.16.04.12.1.1-4ubuntu0.16.04.22.1.1-4ubuntu0.16.04.3
2.1.1-4ubuntu0.16.04.5

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2016-8670 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Libgd, published October 14, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 4.75%, the 91st percentile. Fixed in php 5.3.3-51.el6.cloudlinux.

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