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| Vulnerability ID | VCID-jxaz-b4aa-jyaa |
| Aliases |
CVE-2017-6363
|
| Summary | In the GD Graphics Library (aka LibGD) through 2.2.5, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in tiffWriter in gd_tiff.c. NOTE: the vendor says "In my opinion this issue should not have a CVE, since the GD and GD2 formats are documented to be 'obsolete, and should only be used for development and testing purposes.' |
| Status | Disputed |
| Exploitability | 0.5 |
| Weighted Severity | 7.3 |
| Risk | 3.6 |
| Affected and Fixed Packages | Package Details |
| CWE-125 | Out-of-bounds Read |
| Reference id | Reference type | URL |
|---|---|---|
| https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-6363 | ||
| https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6363 | ||
| https://github.com/libgd/libgd/issues/383 | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:libgd:libgd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:libgd:libgd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| CVE-2017-6363 | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6363 | |
| USN-5068-1 | https://usn.ubuntu.com/5068-1/ |
| Exploitability (E) | Access Vector (AV) | Access Complexity (AC) | Authentication (Au) | Confidentiality Impact (C) | Integrity Impact (I) | Availability Impact (A) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
high functional unproven proof_of_concept not_defined |
local adjacent_network network |
high medium low |
multiple single none |
none partial complete |
none partial complete |
none partial complete |
| Attack Vector (AV) | Attack Complexity (AC) | Privileges Required (PR) | User Interaction (UI) | Scope (S) | Confidentiality Impact (C) | Integrity Impact (I) | Availability Impact (A) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
network adjacent_network local physical |
low high |
none low high |
none required |
unchanged changed |
high low none |
high low none |
high low none |
| Percentile | 0.58897 |
| EPSS Score | 0.00384 |
| Published At | Sept. 9, 2025, 12:55 p.m. |
| Date | Actor | Action | Source | VulnerableCode Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-31T16:41:05.018038+00:00 | NVD CVE Status Improver | Improve | https://cveawg.mitre.org/api/cve/CVE-2017-6363 | 37.0.0 |
| 2025-07-31T08:28:05.959914+00:00 | Alpine Linux Importer | Import | https://secdb.alpinelinux.org/v3.19/main.json | 37.0.0 |