GIMP: Buffer overflow

GIMP: Buffer overflow GIMP is prone to a buffer overflow which may lead to the execution of arbitrary code when loading specially crafted XCF files. gimp 2006-07-23 2006-07-24 139524 remote 2.2.12 2.2.12

GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. XCF is the native image file format used by GIMP.

Henning Makholm discovered that the "xcf_load_vector()" function is vulnerable to a buffer overflow when loading a XCF file with a large "num_axes" value.

An attacker could exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code by enticing a user to open a specially crafted XCF file.

There is no known workaround at this time.

All GIMP users should update to the latest stable version:


    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-gfx/gimp-2.2.12"

CVE-2006-3404 jaervosz DerCorny DerCorny