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


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.34% (68th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-GIMP-18353479
  • published28 Jul 2026
  • disclosed20 Dec 2017

Introduced: 20 Dec 2017

CVE-2017-17786  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest 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 Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

In GIMP 2.8.22, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in ReadImage in plug-ins/common/file-tga.c (related to bgr2rgb.part.1) via an unexpected bits-per-pixel value for an RGBA image.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1