ubuntu-cve-2017-17788
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 stack-based buffer over-read in xcf_load_stream in app/xcf/xcf.c when there is no '\0' character after the version string.

Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/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",
            "binary_version": "2.8.10-0ubuntu1.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libgimp2.0",
            "binary_version": "2.8.10-0ubuntu1.2"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
        "name": "gimp",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/gimp@2.8.10-0ubuntu1.2?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.8.10-0ubuntu1.2"
            }
          ],
          "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",
            "binary_version": "2.8.16-1ubuntu1.1+esm3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libgimp2.0",
            "binary_version": "2.8.16-1ubuntu1.1+esm3"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "gimp",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/gimp@2.8.16-1ubuntu1.1+esm3?arch=source\u0026distro=esm-apps/xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "2.8.14-1ubuntu2",
        "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 stack-based buffer over-read in xcf_load_stream in app/xcf/xcf.c when there is no \u0027\\0\u0027 character after the version string.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17788",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:38:26Z",
  "published": "2017-12-20T00:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17788"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://git.gnome.org/browse/gimp/commit/?id=702c4227e8b6169f781e4bb5ae4b5733f51ab126"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=790783"
    },
    {
      "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-2017-17788"
    }
  ],
  "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:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "low",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2017-17788"
  ]
}



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