CVE-2018-5711
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…
- 5.5MediumCVSS base score
- 13.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.6% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 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 | 3.0 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 13.2% · top 3.6% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
11
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=75571 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-3755-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:1296 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20190130 [SECURITY] [DLA 1651-1] libgd2 security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180119 [SECURITY] [DLA 1248-1] libgd2 security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- GLSA-201903-18 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- RHSA-2019:2519 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- FEDORA-2020-e795f92d79 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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-2018-17480 (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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