Denial of service in Gimp - CVE-2018-12713
Published: June 26, 2018 / Updated: June 28, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU13506
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-12713
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The vulnerability exists in the gimp_write_and_read_file function, as defined in the app/tests/test-xcf.c source code file due to the g_get_tmp_dir() function does not make unique temporary filenames. A local attacker can create a file with a filename that already exists, overwrite the existing file and cause the service to crash.
Affected software
Gimp
How to mitigate CVE-2018-12713
Install update from vendor's website.