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Vulnerability IntelligenceCVE-2017-17788

CVE-2017-17788

MEDIUM5.5

In GIMP 2

Published Dec 20, 2017

Modified 1 years ago

Details

In GIMP 2.8.22, there is a stack-based buffer over-read in xcf_load_stream in app/xcf/xcf.c when there is no '\0' character after the version string.

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/19/5

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=790783

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00023.html

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3539-1/

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17788

https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4077

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Exploitability

Attack Vector

LocalAV:L

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

RequiredUI:R

Scope

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

NoneC:N

Integrity

NoneI:N

Availability

HighA:H

5.5/CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedDec 20, 2017

ModifiedAug 5, 2024

CVE-2017-17788 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence