GIMP is prone to a buffer overflow which may lead to the execution of arbitrary code when loading specially crafted XCF files.
Package | media-gfx/gimp on all architectures |
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Affected versions | < 2.2.12 |
Unaffected versions | >= 2.2.12 |
GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. XCF is the native image file format used by GIMP.
Henning Makholm discovered that the "xcf_load_vector()" function is vulnerable to a buffer overflow when loading a XCF file with a large "num_axes" value.
An attacker could exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code by enticing a user to open a specially crafted XCF file.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All GIMP users should update to the latest stable version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-gfx/gimp-2.2.12"
Release date
July 23, 2006
Latest revision
July 24, 2006: 02
Severity
normal
Exploitable
remote
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