FKIE_CVE-2007-2756
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2007-05-18 18:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:40
Severity
Summary
The gdPngReadData function in libgd 2.0.34 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted PNG image with truncated data, which causes an infinite loop in the png_read_info function in libpng.
References
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