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title: "CVE-2016-5767\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2016-5767

Publication date 7 August 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

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

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**8.8 · High**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5767?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

Integer overflow in the gdImageCreate function in gd.c in the GD Graphics
Library (aka libgd) before 2.0.34RC1, as used in PHP before 5.5.37, 5.6.x
before 5.6.23, and 7.x before 7.0.8, allows remote attackers to cause a
denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or
possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted image dimensions.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5767?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| libgd2 | 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 15.10 wily | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| php5 | 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 15.10 wily | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| php7.0 | 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 15.10 wily | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |

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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)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5767?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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

php uses the system libgd2

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| libgd2 | * Upstream:   [cfee163](https://github.com/libgd/libgd/commit/cfee163a5e848fc3e3fb1d05a30d7557cdd36457) |
| php5 | * Upstream:   <http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commitdiff;h=c395c6e5d7e8df37a21265ff76e48fe75ceb5ae6> |
| php7.0 | * Upstream:   <http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commitdiff;h=c395c6e5d7e8df37a21265ff76e48fe75ceb5ae6> |

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

8.8 · High

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | Required |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | High |
  | Integrity impact | High |
  | Availability impact | High |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 8.8 · High |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5767)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5767)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2016-5767)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5767)

### Other references

* <https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=72446>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5767>