CVE-2017-17788

Published: Dec 20, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

5.5

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

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.

Affected (5)

Products: Gimp: Gimp · Debian: Debian Linux · Canonical: Ubuntu Linux

1 product

1 product

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Gimp Gimp	Version 2.8.22

Configuration B

3 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Debian Debian Linux	Version 7.0
Debian Debian Linux	Version 8.0
Debian Debian Linux	Version 9.0

Configuration C

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 14.04

Related CWEs

CWE-125

Out-of-bounds Read

The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

References (10)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/19/5

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=790783

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00023.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3539-1/

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4077

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/19/5