| Name | CVE-2014-2497 |
| Description | The gdImageCreateFromXpm function in gdxpm.c in libgd, as used in PHP 5.4.26 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted color table in an XPM file. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-189-1, DSA-3215-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 744719 |
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 | |
| bookworm, sid | 2.3.3-7 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| libgd2 | source | squeeze | 2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-5+deb6u1 | DLA-189-1 | ||
| libgd2 | source | wheezy | 2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-6.1+deb7u1 | DSA-3215-1 | ||
| libgd2 | source | (unstable) | 2.1.0-4 | low | 744719 | |
| php5 | source | squeeze | (not affected) | |||
| php5 | source | wheezy | (not affected) | |||
| php5 | source | (unstable) | 5.6.0~rc4+dfsg-1 |
[wheezy] - php5 <not-affected> (imagecreatefromxpm function not in used gd extension)
[squeeze] - php5 <not-affected> (imagecreatefromxpm function not in used gd extension)
http://web.archive.org/web/20150221193227/http://net-ninja-mr.me/2014/03/14/php-gd-v5-4-17-2-color-visual-null-pointer-dereference/