Out-of-bounds read in Gimp



| Updated: 2020-08-03
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2017-17788
CWE-ID CWE-125
Exploitation vector Local
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
Gimp
Client/Desktop applications / Multimedia software

Vendor Gimp Team

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Out-of-bounds read

EUVDB-ID: #VU33238

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-17788

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 stack-based buffer over-read in xcf_load_stream in app/xcf/xcf.c when there is no '' character after the version string. 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 External links

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/19/5
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=790783
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.



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