UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8877

Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 1
Upstream
CVE-2015-8877
Downstream
USN-2987-1
Published: 21 May 2016, 00:00
Last modified:22 Apr 2026, 10:24

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
30/100
CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
3.0 (osv_ubuntu)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

21 May 2016, 00:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
22 Apr 2026, 10:24
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The gdImageScaleTwoPass function in gd_interpolation.c in the GD Graphics Library (aka libgd) before 2.2.0, as used in PHP before 5.6.12, uses inconsistent allocate and free approaches, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted call, as demonstrated by a call to the PHP imagescale function.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Systems

  • ubuntu•libgd2

    < 2.1.0-3ubuntu0.1 | < 2.1.1-4ubuntu0.16.04.1

References (4)