USN-1659-1: GIMP vulnerability
8
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
12/17/2012
07/25/2018
05/06/2013
07/09/2020
Description
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in file-xwd.c in the X Window Dump (XWD) plug-in in GIMP 2.8.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large (1) red, (2) green, or (3) blue color mask in an XWD file.
Solution(s)
- ubuntu-upgrade-gimp
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