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Vulnerability record · CVE-2004-0990 · published 1 March 2005

CVE-2004-0990: Gd graphics library gdlib vulnerability

GGd Graphics Library · Gdlib

Integer overflow in GD Graphics Library libgd 2.0.28 (libgd2), and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via PNG image files with large image rows values that lead to a heap-based buffer overflow in the gdImageCreateFromPngCtx function, a different set of vulnerabilities than CVE-2004-0941.

10.0 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 28% · top 1.9%
10.0CVSS 2.0 base score
28%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
5Affected product versions listed by NVD
52References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Integer overflow in GD Graphics Library libgd 2.0.28 (libgd2), and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via PNG image files with large image rows values that lead to a heap-based buffer overflow in the gdImageCreateFromPngCtx function, a different set of vulnerabilities than CVE-2004-0941.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

5 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Feb/0001.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109882489302099&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/18717
http://secunia.com/advisories/20824
http://secunia.com/advisories/20866
http://secunia.com/advisories/21050
http://secunia.com/advisories/23783
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-071.shtml
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-589
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-591
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-601
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-602
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:132
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:113
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:114
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:122
http://www.osvdb.org/11190
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-638.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11523 PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2004/0058
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17866
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-939
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1260
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9952
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-11-1/
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-25-1/
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Feb/0001.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109882489302099&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/18717
http://secunia.com/advisories/20824
http://secunia.com/advisories/20866
http://secunia.com/advisories/21050
http://secunia.com/advisories/23783
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-071.shtml
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-589
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-591
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-601
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-602
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:132
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:113

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2004-0990), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.