CVE-2018-1000222

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 201903-18

Severity Score

8.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Libgd version 2.2.5 contains a Double Free Vulnerability vulnerability in gdImageBmpPtr Function that can result in Remote Code Execution . This attack appear to be exploitable via Specially Crafted Jpeg Image can trigger double free. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in after commit ac16bdf2d41724b5a65255d4c28fb0ec46bc42f5.

Libgd 2.2.5 contiene una vulnerabilidad de doble liberación (double free) en la función gdImageBmpPtr que puede resultar en la ejecución remota de código. Este ataque parece ser explotable mediante una imagen JPEG especialmente manipulada que desencadene una doble liberación (double free). La vulnerabilidad parece haber sido solucionada tras el commit con ID ac16bdf2d41724b5a65255d4c28fb0ec46bc42f5.

An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available. This update for gd fixes the following issues. Fixed a double free vulnerability in gdImageBmpPtr that could result in remote code execution. This could have been exploited via a specially crafted JPEG image files. This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2018-07-29 CVE Reserved
2018-08-20 CVE Published
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
2025-06-05 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-415: Double Free

CAPEC

References (5)

URL	Tag	Source
https://github.com/libgd/libgd/issues/447	Issue Tracking
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00028.html	Mailing List

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3CZ2QADQTKRHTGB2AHD7J4QQNDLBEMM6	2023-11-07
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-18	2023-11-07
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3755-1	2023-11-07

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Libgd Search vendor "Libgd"		Libgd Search vendor "Libgd" for product "Libgd"				2.2.5 Search vendor "Libgd" for product "Libgd" and version "2.2.5"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				14.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "14.04"		lts		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				16.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "16.04"		lts		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				18.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "18.04"		lts		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				8.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "8.0"		-		Affected