SB2018022013 - Denial of service in Gimp
Published: February 20, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018022013
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Heap-based buffer over-read (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-17786)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to heap-based buffer over-read in ReadImage in plug-ins/common/file-tga.c (related to bgr2rgb.part.1). A remote attacker can supply an unexpected bits-per-pixel value for an RGBA image and perform a denial of service attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.