libgd Certain TTF handling routines are not reentrant
Published Jun 28, 2007
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.72%
Description
Race condition in gdImageStringFTEx (gdft_draw_bitmap) in gdft.c in the GD Graphics Library (libgd) before 2.0.35 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unspecified vectors, possibly involving truetype font (TTF) support.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 2.0.34
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No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
We currently do not plan to backport a fix for this issue to gd packages in current versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, and 5 due to the low likelihood of and application affected by this problem being exposed in a way that would allow trust boundary to be crossed.
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.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 | 1.72% (0.01721) | 76.64th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.72% (0.01721) | 74.44th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 8, 2026 | 14.45% (0.14445) | 94.42th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 11.82% (0.11820) | 92.82th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 5.78% (0.05780) | 89.81th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 17.67% (0.17666) | 96.12th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 20, 2024 | 20.33% (0.20326) | 96.51th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 23, 2024 | 15.44% (0.15438) | 96.00th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 8, 2024 | 18.06% (0.18057) | 96.18th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 24, 2024 | 17.77% (0.17765) | 96.03th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 15, 2024 | 18.57% (0.18569) | 96.05th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 30, 2023 | 18.05% (0.18045) | 95.64th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 4, 2023 | 22.43% (0.22431) | 95.84th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 21.15% (0.21147) | 95.62th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 88.02th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 86.83th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 70.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (34)
- http://bugs.libgd.org/?do=details&task_id=48 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=40578 x_refsource_MISC
- http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2007-205.shtml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/25855 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/26663 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26766 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26856 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
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- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-13.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.libgd.org/ReleaseNote020035 x_refsource_MISC
- 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.trustix.org/errata/2007/0024/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIX
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2336 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0022 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-3478 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=277231 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-2007-3478
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-3478
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