# CVE-2018-5711: gd\_gif\_in.c in the GD Graphics Library (aka libgd), as used in PHP before 5.6.33, 7.0.x before 7.0.27, 7.1.x before 7.1.13, and 7.2.x before

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 2 GitHub repos listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2018-01-16 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

gd_gif_in.c in the GD Graphics Library (aka libgd), as used in PHP before 5.6.33, 7.0.x before 7.0.27, 7.1.x before 7.1.13, and 7.2.x before 7.2.1, has an integer signedness error that leads to an infinite loop via a crafted GIF file, as demonstrated by a call to the imagecreatefromgif or imagecreatefromstring PHP function. This is related to GetCode_ and gdImageCreateFromGifCtx.

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## References

- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=75571
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3755-1/
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1296
- http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00028.html
- http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00022.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-18
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2519
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3CZ2QADQTKRHTGB2AHD7J4QQNDLBEMM6/
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
- https://github.com/huzhenghui/Test-7-2-0-PHP-CVE-2018-5711
- https://github.com/huzhenghui/Test-7-2-1-PHP-CVE-2018-5711

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