CVE-2013-1978

GIMP < 2.6.9 - Heap-Based Buffer Overflow in XWD Plug-in Color Map Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the read_xwd_cols function in file-xwd.c in the X Window Dump (XWD) plug-in in GIMP 2.6.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an X Window System (XWD) image dump with more colors than color map entries.

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Broken Link, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64098
Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1778.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-01
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=953902
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2813
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2051-1

Scores

EPSS 0.0419
EPSS Percentile 89.8%

Details

CWE
CWE-787
Status published
Products (3)
gimp/gimp < 2.6.9
redhat/enterprise_linux 5.0
redhat/enterprise_linux 6.0
Published Dec 12, 2013
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026