Out-of-bounds read in Gimp

1) Out-of-bounds read

EUVDB-ID: #VU33233

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 5.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-17784

CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to heap-based buffer over-read in load_image in plug-ins/common/file-gbr.c in the gbr import parser, related to mishandling of UTF-8 data. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.

Mitigation

Update to version 2.9.2.

Vulnerable software versions

Gimp: 2.8.22

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:gimp_team:gimp:2.8.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/19/5
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102899
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=790784
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00023.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3539-1/
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4077

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.