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GIMP Multiple Vulnerabilities

Last Update Date: 28 Jan 2011 Release Date: 5 Jan 2011 5997 Views

RISK: Medium Risk

Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in GIMP, which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary code. These issues are caused by buffer overflow errors in the Lighting Effects, Sphere Designer, GFIG, and PSP (Paint Shop Pro) file plugins when processing malformed files, which could be exploited by attackers to crash an affected application or compromise a vulnerable system by convincing a user to open a malicious file.


Impact

  • Remote Code Execution

System / Technologies affected

  • GIMP version 2.6.11 and prior

Solutions

  • It is not aware of any vendor-supplied patch.


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