CVE-2006-2906
The LZW decoding in the gdImageCreateFromGifPtr function in the Thomas Boutell graphics draw (GD) library (aka libgd) 2.0.33 allows remote…
- 5.4MediumCVSS base score
- 10.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 4.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
The LZW decoding in the gdImageCreateFromGifPtr function in the Thomas Boutell graphics draw (GD) library (aka libgd) 2.0.33 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via malformed GIF data that causes an infinite loop.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- GD Graphics Library 2.0.33 - Remote Denial of Service (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 27981dos, linuxpublished 6 Jun 2006Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 18 years later
· 18 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.4 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 10.4% · top 4.2% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.4.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
22
- gdgraphicslibrary-gif-dos(26976) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 23783 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 21186 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20887 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-298-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 21050 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2006:031 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 20060606 libgd 2.0.33 infinite loop in GIF decoding ? (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 2006-0038 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIXx_transferred
- MDKSA-2006:113 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 1067 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- ADV-2006-2174 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20676 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-939 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-1117 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- MDKSA-2006:122 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 20853 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDKSA-2006:112 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 18294 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20866 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20500 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20571 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2006-2903 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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