CVE-2013-1978

Heap-based buffer overflow in the read_xwd_cols function in file-xwd.c in the X Window Dump (XWD) plug-in in GIMP 2.6.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an X Window System (XWD) image dump with more colors than color map entries.

Published: Dec 12, 2013
Updated: Apr 13, 2023
CVE: CVE-2013-1978
Severity: Medium
Exploit:

CVSS v2:

Severity: Medium
Score: 6.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWEs:

CWE-787

Affected Software
References

Software	From	Fixed in
gimp / gimp	-	2.6.9.x
redhat / enterprise_linux	6.0	6.0.x
redhat / enterprise_linux	5.0	5.0.x

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1778.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2813
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64098
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2051-1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=953902
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-01

Vulnerability Database

CVE-2013-1978

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