| Name | CVE-2007-0455 |
| Description | Buffer overflow in the gdImageStringFTEx function in gdft.c in GD Graphics Library 2.0.33 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted string with a JIS encoded font. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-1936-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 408982 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| libgd2 (PTS) | buster | 2.2.5-5.2 | fixed |
| bullseye | 2.3.0-2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie, bookworm | 2.3.3-9 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[sarge] - libgd2 <no-dsa> (Minor issue, hardly exploitable)
[etch] - libgd2 <no-dsa> (Minor issue, hardly exploitable)