Buffer overflow in Gimp - CVE-2017-17785

Vulnerability identifier: #VU33234

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-2017-17785

CWE-ID: CWE-119

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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 the fli_read_brun function in plug-ins/file-fli/fli.c.

Gimp
gimp (Alpine package)
gimp (Ubuntu package)
gimp
Ubuntu
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 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.8.16-1ubuntu1.1+esm1, 2.8.22-1ubuntu0.1~esm1, 2.10.18-1ubuntu0.1+esm1, 2.10.30-1ubuntu0.1+esm1, 2.10.36-3ubuntu0.24.04.1+esm1
gimp - addressed in versions 2.8.22-3.fc26, 2.8.22-3.fc27

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/19/5
• https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=739133
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00023.html
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3539-1/
• https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4077

• Buffer overflow in Gimp
• Buffer overflow in gimp (Alpine package)
• Fedora 26 update for gimp
• Fedora 27 update for gimp
• Ubuntu update for gimp