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title: "CVE-2009-1570\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2009-1570

Publication date 13 November 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

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

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## Description

Integer overflow in the ReadImage function in plug-ins/file-bmp/bmp-read.c
in GIMP 2.6.7 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a
BMP file with crafted width and height values that trigger a heap-based
buffer overflow.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| gimp | 9.10 karmic | Fixed 2.6.7-1ubuntu1.1 |
| 9.04 jaunty | Fixed 2.6.6-0ubuntu1.1 |
| 8.10 intrepid | Fixed 2.6.1-1ubuntu3.1 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 2.4.5-1ubuntu2.1 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life |

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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)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-1570?format=md#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| gimp | * Upstream:   [?id=e3a](http://git.gnome.org/cgit/gimp/commit/?id=e3afc99b2fa7aeddf0dba4778663160a5bc682d3) * Upstream:   [?id=43d](http://git.gnome.org/cgit/gimp/commit/?id=43d57c666346320436a0b668de5525387952784e) * Upstream:   [?id=f63](http://git.gnome.org/cgit/gimp/commit/?id=f63ba36dd9cc01ca6da83fa05ddd12419ad8953e) * Upstream:   [?id=16e](http://git.gnome.org/cgit/gimp/commit/?id=16e6a37687bb4b9748c5a5d166d90f5d5bd2e9f3) * Vendor:   <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=374812> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1570)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1570)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2009-1570)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-1570)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-880-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-880-1)
+ GIMP vulnerabilities
+ 7 January 2010

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1570>