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Debian: CVE-2017-17786: gimp -- security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Dec 20, 2017
Added
Dec 31, 2017
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

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.

Solution

debian-upgrade-gimp
Title
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