Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU33234

Buffer overflow in Gimp - CVE-2017-17785

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

Vulnerability identifier: #VU33234

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-17785

CWE-ID: CWE-119

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: Gimp Team

Affected software:
Gimp

Detailed vulnerability description

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.

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