Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions in Gimp - CVE-2022-32990

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Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions in Gimp - CVE-2022-32990

Published: August 23, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU66706
CSH Severity: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-32990
CWE-ID: CWE-755
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Gimp
Software vendor:
Gimp Team

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to unhandled exception within the gimp_layer_invalidate_boundary() function. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted XCF file and crash the application. 


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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