ubuntu · CVE-2016-6906

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Priority: low Published: 2016-12-31 00:00:00 UTC Updated: 2025-08-25 22:09:17 UTC

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Freshness: upstream tracker timestamp is available; use API updated time as primary recency signal.

Tracker summary

CVE-2016-6906 low priority: Ubuntu including 3 source packages (libgd2, php5, php7.0), 15 status rows across 5 suites (precise, trusty, upstream, xenial, yakkety): not-affected 5, DNE 4, released 4, needs-triage 2.

Description:

The read_image_tga function in gd_tga.c in the GD Graphics Library (aka libgd) before 2.2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted TGA file, related to the decompression buffer.

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