CVE-2012-3403

Summary

CVECVE-2012-3403
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-08-25 10:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-13 00:25:00 UTC
DescriptionHeap-based buffer overflow in the KiSS CEL file format plug-in in GIMP 2.8.x and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted KiSS palette file, which triggers an "invalid free."

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gimp Gimp 2.2 All All All
Application Gimp Gimp 2.2.14 All All All
Application Gimp Gimp 2.4.0 All All All
Application Gimp Gimp 2.4.1 All All All
Application Gimp Gimp 2.4.2 All All All
Application Gimp Gimp 2.4.3 All All All
Application Gimp Gimp 2.4.4 All All All
Application Gimp Gimp 2.4.5 All All All
Application Gimp Gimp 2.4.6 All All All
Application Gimp Gimp 2.4.7 All All All
Application Gimp Gimp 2.6.0 All All All
Application Gimp Gimp 2.6.1 All All All
Application Gimp Gimp 2.6.10 All All All
Application Gimp Gimp 2.6.11 All All All
Application Gimp Gimp 2.6.12 All All All
Application Gimp Gimp 2.6.13 All All All
Application Gimp Gimp 2.6.2 All All All
Application Gimp Gimp 2.6.3 All All All
Application Gimp Gimp 2.6.4 All All All
Application Gimp Gimp 2.6.5 All All All
Application Gimp Gimp 2.6.6 All All All
Application Gimp Gimp 2.6.7 All All All
Application Gimp Gimp 2.6.8 All All All
Application Gimp Gimp 2.6.9 All All All
Application Gimp Gimp 2.2 All All All
Application Gimp Gimp 2.2.14 All All All
Application Gimp Gimp 2.4.0 All All All
Application Gimp Gimp 2.4.1 All All All
Application Gimp Gimp 2.4.2 All All All
Application Gimp Gimp 2.4.3 All All All
Application Gimp Gimp 2.4.4 All All All
Application Gimp Gimp 2.4.5 All All All
Application Gimp Gimp 2.4.6 All All All
Application Gimp Gimp 2.4.7 All All All
Application Gimp Gimp 2.6.0 All All All
Application Gimp Gimp 2.6.1 All All All
Application Gimp Gimp 2.6.10 All All All
Application Gimp Gimp 2.6.11 All All All
Application Gimp Gimp 2.6.12 All All All
Application Gimp Gimp 2.6.13 All All All
Application Gimp Gimp 2.6.2 All All All
Application Gimp Gimp 2.6.3 All All All
Application Gimp Gimp 2.6.4 All All All
Application Gimp Gimp 2.6.5 All All All
Application Gimp Gimp 2.6.6 All All All
Application Gimp Gimp 2.6.7 All All All
Application Gimp Gimp 2.6.8 All All All
Application Gimp Gimp 2.6.9 All All All
Application Gimp Gimp All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2012:142 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
oss-security - The Gimp CEL plug-in CVE-2012-3403 issue MLIST www.openwall.com
Security Alerts - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2012:1029-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
GIMP Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com
CVE-2012-3403 - Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2012:1080-1: important: gimp to fix vari SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Bug 839020 – CVE-2012-3403 gimp (CEL plug-in): heap buffer overflow when loading external palette files MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) PSD/KiSS/GIF Heap Overflows Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2013:082 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
USN-1559-1: GIMP vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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