CVE-2013-1978

Publication date 4 December 2013

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

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.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
gimp	13.10 saucy	Fixed 2.8.6-1ubuntu1.1
	13.04 raring	Fixed 2.8.4-1ubuntu1.1
	12.10 quantal	Fixed 2.8.2-1ubuntu1.2
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 2.6.12-1ubuntu1.3
	10.04 LTS lucid	Ignored end of life

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Patch details

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Package	Patch details
gimp	Upstream: ?id=23f

References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-2051-1
GIMP vulnerability
9 December 2013

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-1978