GIMP: Buffer overflow — GLSA 200607-08

GIMP is prone to a buffer overflow which may lead to the execution of arbitrary code when loading specially crafted XCF files.

Affected packages

Background

GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. XCF is the native image file format used by GIMP.

Description

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.

Impact

An attacker could exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code by enticing a user to open a specially crafted XCF file.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-gfx/gimp-2.2.12"

References

• CVE-2006-3404

Release date
July 23, 2006

Latest revision
July 24, 2006: 02

Severity
normal

Exploitable
remote

Bugzilla entries

• 139524