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title: "CVE-2007-3472\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2007-3472

Publication date 28 June 2007

Last updated 17 July 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Integer overflow in gdImageCreateTrueColor function in the GD Graphics
Library (libgd) before 2.0.35 allows user-assisted remote attackers to have
unspecified attack vectors and impact.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-3472?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| libgd2 | 7.04 feisty | Not affected |
| 6.10 edgy | Not affected |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not affected |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

in dapper, this is fixed by 05\_SECURITY\_CVE-2007-3996.patch

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-3472)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-3472)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2007-3472)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-3472)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-3472>