CVE-2014-9709: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 15.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The GetCode_ function in gd_gif_in.c in GD 2.1.1 and earlier, as used in PHP before 5.5.21 and 5.6.x before 5.6.5, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted GIF image that is improperly handled by the gdImageCreateFromGif function.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 12.04 only; version 14.04 only; version 15.10 only; version 16.04 only
• Debian Debian Linux: version 7.0 only; version 8.0 only
• Libgd Libgd: up to and including 2.1.1
• Opensuse Opensuse: version 13.1 only; version 13.2 only
• PHP PHP: from 5.4.0, before 5.4.40 (fixed in 5.4.40); from 5.5.0, before 5.5.21 (fixed in 5.5.21); from 5.6.0, before 5.6.5 (fixed in 5.6.5)

Published 2015-03-30. Last modified 2026-06-17.