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title: "CVE-2006-3404\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2006-3404

Publication date 6 July 2006

Last updated 17 July 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Buffer overflow in the xcf\_load\_vector function in app/xcf/xcf-load.c for
gimp before 2.2.12 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of
service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an XCF file with a
large num\_axes value in the VECTORS property.

## Status

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| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| gimp | 7.04 feisty | Fixed 2.2.13-1ubuntu4.3 |
| 6.10 edgy | Fixed 2.2.13-1ubuntu3.3 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 2.2.11-1ubuntu3.4 |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3404)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-3404)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2006-3404)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-3404)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-312-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-312-1)
+ gimp vulnerability
+ 10 July 2006

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-3404>