Out-of-bounds Read Affecting gimp package, versions <2.8.20-1.1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.16% (54th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-GIMP-520502
  • published20 Dec 2017
  • disclosed20 Dec 2017

Introduced: 20 Dec 2017

CVE-2017-17788  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 gimp to version 2.8.20-1.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gimp package and not the gimp package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

In GIMP 2.8.22, there is a stack-based buffer over-read in xcf_load_stream in app/xcf/xcf.c when there is no '\0' character after the version string.

CVSS Scores

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