Out-of-bounds read in Gimp - CVE-2017-17788
Published: December 20, 2017 / Updated: August 3, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33238
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-17788
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Gimp Team
Affected software:
Gimp
Gimp
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to stack-based buffer over-read in xcf_load_stream in app/xcf/xcf.c when there is no '' character after the version string. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-17788
Update to version 2.9.2.