CVE-2017-17786

HIGH

Gimp - Out-of-Bounds Read

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

In GIMP 2.8.22, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in ReadImage in plug-ins/common/file-tga.c (related to bgr2rgb.part.1) via an unexpected bits-per-pixel value for an RGBA image.

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4077
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=739134
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3539-1/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/19/5
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00023.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102765

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0033
EPSS Percentile 55.6%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-125
Status published
Products (5)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 14.04
debian/debian_linux 7.0
debian/debian_linux 8.0
debian/debian_linux 9.0
gimp/gimp 2.8.22
Published Dec 20, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026