Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU33216

Buffer overflow in Gimp - CVE-2017-17789

Published: December 20, 2017 / Updated: August 3, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU33216

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 8.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-17789

CWE-ID: CWE-119

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

In GIMP 2.8.22, there is a heap-based buffer overflow in read_channel_data in plug-ins/common/file-psp.c.

Gimp
gimp (Alpine package)
gimp
Opensuse
Fedora

Install update from vendor's website.

Gimp - update to 2.9.2
gimp (Alpine package) - addressed in versions 2.8.22-r2, 2.10.2-r0
gimp - addressed in versions 2.8.22-3.fc26, 2.8.22-3.fc27