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FreeBSD: VID-BFDA2D80-0858-11E8-AD5C-0021CCB9E74D (CVE-2017-17786): GIMP - Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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FreeBSD: VID-BFDA2D80-0858-11E8-AD5C-0021CCB9E74D (CVE-2017-17786): GIMP - Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/20/2017
Created
03/19/2019
Added
07/28/2018
Modified
07/28/2018

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(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-gimp

References

  • 102765
  • USN-3539-1
  • DSA-4077
  • CVE-2017-17786

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