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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2013-1978: GIMP: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2013-1978: GIMP: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/12/2013
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
02/14/2023

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-media-gfx-gimp

References

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