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Debian: CVE-2017-17789: gimp -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2017-17789: gimp -- security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/20/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/31/2017
Modified
02/24/2020

Description

In GIMP 2.8.22, there is a heap-based buffer overflow in read_channel_data in plug-ins/common/file-psp.c.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-gimp

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