ALPINE-CVE-2016-6912 — Vulnetix

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ALPINE-CVE-2016-6912 PUBLISHED CVSS 9.800000190734863 CRITICAL

Double free vulnerability in the gdImageWebPtr function in the GD Graphics Library (aka libgd) before 2.2.4 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via large width and height values.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.0

9.800000190734863

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Alpine:v3.4	gd	2.0.36_rc1-r5, 2.0.36_rc1-r6, 2.0.36_rc1-r7
Alpine:v3.3	gd	2.1.0-r1, 2.0.35-r0, 2.0.35-r1
Alpine:v3.5	gd	0, 2.0.35-r0, 2.0.35-r1

Timeline

Jan 26, 2017 CVE Published
Nov 19, 2025 CVE Updated
Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch

References

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2016-6912 advisory

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