ubuntu-cve-2017-17786
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2017-12-20 00:00
Modified
2026-04-22 07:38
Summary
Details

In GIMP 2.8.22, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in ReadImage in plug-ins/common/file-tga.c (related to bgr2rgb.part.1) via an unexpected bits-per-pixel value for an RGBA image.

Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
low
References
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  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "gimp",
            "binary_version": "2.8.10-0ubuntu1.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "gimp-data",
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          },
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      },
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      },
      "ranges": [
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            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
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            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "2.8.6-1ubuntu1",
        "2.8.6-1ubuntu2",
        "2.8.6-1ubuntu3",
        "2.8.10-0ubuntu1",
        "2.8.10-0ubuntu1.1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "gimp",
            "binary_version": "2.8.16-1ubuntu1.1+esm3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "gimp-data",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libgimp2.0",
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          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
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        "name": "gimp",
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      },
      "ranges": [
        {
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            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
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        "2.8.14-1.2ubuntu1",
        "2.8.16-1ubuntu1",
        "2.8.16-1ubuntu1.1",
        "2.8.16-1ubuntu1.1+esm1",
        "2.8.16-1ubuntu1.1+esm2",
        "2.8.16-1ubuntu1.1+esm3"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "In GIMP 2.8.22, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in ReadImage in plug-ins/common/file-tga.c (related to bgr2rgb.part.1) via an unexpected bits-per-pixel value for an RGBA image.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17786",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:38:26Z",
  "published": "2017-12-20T00:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17786"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=739134"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://git.gnome.org/browse/gimp/commit/?id=674b62ad45b6579ec6d7923dc3cb1ef4e8b5498b"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://git.gnome.org/browse/gimp/commit/?id=8ea316667c8a3296bce2832b3986b58d0fdfc077"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://git.gnome.org/browse/gimp/commit/?h=gimp-2-8\u0026id=ef9c821fff8b637a2178eab1c78cae6764c50e12"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://git.gnome.org/browse/gimp/commit/?h=gimp-2-8\u0026id=22e2571c25425f225abdb11a566cc281fca6f366"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/19/5"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3539-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17786"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-3539-1"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "low",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2017-17786"
  ]
}



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