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CVE-2021-40812 (GCVE-0-2021-40812)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-09-08 00:00 – Updated: 2024-10-29 13:45
VLAI
Summary
The GD Graphics Library (aka LibGD) through 2.3.2 has an out-of-bounds read because of the lack of certain gdGetBuf and gdPutBuf return value checks.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-07-30 16:15 UTC
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