Is CVE-2014-2497 being actively exploited?

CVE-2014-2497 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2014-2497?

CVE-2014-2497 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 4.3 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2014-2497

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 20.3%EU EUVD

The gdImageCreateFromXpm function in gdxpm.c in libgd, as used in PHP 5.4.26 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted color table in an XPM file.

Key facts

CVSS score: 4.3 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-476
EPSS score: 20.3% (97th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2014-2533)
Published: March 21, 2014
NVD last modified: June 17, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-2533 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
debian / debian linux
debian / debian linux
oracle / solaris
php / php
redhat / enterprise linux desktop
redhat / enterprise linux desktop
redhat / enterprise linux eus
redhat / enterprise linux eus
redhat / enterprise linux eus
redhat / enterprise linux eus
redhat / enterprise linux eus
redhat / enterprise linux eus
redhat / enterprise linux server
redhat / enterprise linux server
redhat / enterprise linux server aus
redhat / enterprise linux server aus
redhat / enterprise linux server aus
redhat / enterprise linux server tus
redhat / enterprise linux server tus
redhat / enterprise linux server tus
redhat / enterprise linux server tus
redhat / enterprise linux workstation
redhat / enterprise linux workstation
suse / linux enterprise server
suse / linux enterprise server
suse / linux enterprise server
suse / linux enterprise software development kit

Certified products that may be affected

3 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 - Red Hat, Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-VID-11039-2020 - archived
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 2 on IBM System z - SUSE Linux Products Gmbh - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0852-2013 - archived
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 2 including KVM virtualization - SUSE Linux Products Gmbh - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0787-2013 - archived

References

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0288.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.html(Broken Link, Mailing List)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-07/msg00001.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-07/msg00002.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1326.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1327.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1765.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1766.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/59061(Not Applicable)
http://secunia.com/advisories/59418(Not Applicable)
http://secunia.com/advisories/59496(Not Applicable)
http://secunia.com/advisories/59652(Not Applicable)
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3215(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:153(Broken Link)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66233(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2987-1(Third Party Advisory)
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=66901(Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1076676(Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-04(Third Party Advisory)
https://support.apple.com/HT204659(Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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