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CVE-2013-1978

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

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8 EPSS 0.03438
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Weakness Classification

CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write
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Affected Products & Versions

2
gimp<= 2.6.9
redhat enterprise linuxall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

6.8
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com
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v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD12 Dec 2013 · 06:55 PM
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Vendor Advisories

2
usnUSN-2051-1
rhsaRHSA-2013:1778Moderate
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References & Sources

6
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1778.htmlThird Party AdvisoryVendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2813Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64098Broken LinkVDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2051-1Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=953902Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-01Third Party Advisory
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