MEDIUM
gd: arc drawing functions can consume large amount of CPU time
Published Jun 28, 2007
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 4.86%
Description
The (a) imagearc and (b) imagefilledarc functions in GD Graphics Library (libgd) before 2.0.35 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a large (1) start or (2) end angle degree value.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- ≤ 2.0.35
- 2.0.33
- 2.0.34
- 2.0.34
- 2.0.34
- 2.0.35
- 2.0.35
- 2.0.35
- 2.0.35
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
libwmf
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
libwmf
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
libwmf
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | libwmf | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | libwmf | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | libwmf | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Due to the minimal impact of this flaw (temporary DoS by high CPU usage) and low likelihood of this problem being exposed in a way that would allow trust boundary crossing, we currently do not plan to backport a fix for this issue to the versions of gd as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4 or 5.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
4.86% 0.04857
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.04857
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (17 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 4.86% (0.04857) | 91.76th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.86% (0.04857) | 90.87th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 6.74% (0.06743) | 90.38th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 8.39% (0.08386) | 86.93th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 6.74% (0.06743) | 90.59th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 2.88% (0.02882) | 90.51th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 20, 2024 | 4.07% (0.04070) | 92.40th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 8, 2024 | 2.91% (0.02913) | 90.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 1, 2024 | 2.22% (0.02219) | 89.37th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 24, 2024 | 1.86% (0.01861) | 88.09th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 15, 2024 | 1.58% (0.01584) | 86.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 30, 2023 | 1.34% (0.01343) | 84.56th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 4, 2023 | 1.50% (0.01498) | 85.02th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.56% (0.01559) | 85.13th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 82.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 81.17th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 62.66th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (37)
- ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-11.0/patches/packages/gd-2.0.35-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://bugs.libgd.org/?do=details&task_id=74 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
- http://bugs.libgd.org/?do=details&task_id=92 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2007-205.shtml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052848.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052854.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://osvdb.org/42062 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25860 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/26415 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26467 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26663 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26766 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26856 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30168 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31168 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42813 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200708-05.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-34.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-13.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1613 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.libgd.org/ReleaseNote020035 x_refsource_MISCPatch
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:153 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:164 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_15_sr.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-September/msg00311.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/478796/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24651 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0024/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIX
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0022 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-3477 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=277221 Issue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=277421 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1643 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-3477
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-3477
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jun 28, 2007
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jun 28, 2007
Link CVE-2007-3477
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a