Use After Free Affecting gimp-devel package, versions <2:2.8.16-3.el7


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.11% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-GIMPDEVEL-2510642
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed12 Jul 2016

Introduced: 12 Jul 2016

CVE-2016-4994  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 gimp-devel to version 2:2.8.16-3.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2016-2589.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gimp-devel package and not the gimp-devel package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Use-after-free vulnerability in the xcf_load_image function in app/xcf/xcf-load.c in GIMP allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (program crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted XCF file.

CVSS Base Scores

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