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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:

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