Vulnerability · Published Aug 4, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-38115
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the gd package (Alpine). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.9% (higher than 79% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.9%top 20.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
read_header_tga in gd_tga.c in the GD Graphics Library (aka LibGD) through 2.3.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted TGA file.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.20 | gd | 2.3.0-r1 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-38115 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | gd | 2.3.0-r1 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-38115 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | gd | 2.3.0-r1 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-38115 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | gd | 2.3.0-r1 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-38115 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | gd | 2.3.0-r1 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-38115 |
| Debian:12 | libgd2 | 2.3.3-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-38115 |
| Debian:13 | libgd2 | 2.3.3-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-38115 |
| Debian:14 | libgd2 | 2.3.3-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-38115 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | libgd2 | 2.3.0-2ubuntu1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-38115 |