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title: "CVE-2009-3909\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2009-3909

Publication date 18 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 read\_channel\_data function in
plug-ins/file-psd/psd-load.c in GIMP 2.6.7 might allow remote attackers to
execute arbitrary code via a crafted PSD file that triggers 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 | Not affected |
| 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-2009-3909?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=9cc](http://git.gnome.org/cgit/gimp/commit/?id=9cc8d78ff33b7a36852b74e64b427489cad44d0e) * Upstream:   [?id=0e4](http://git.gnome.org/cgit/gimp/commit/?id=0e440cb6d4d6ee029667363d244aff61b154c33c) |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3909)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3909)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2009-3909)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-3909)

### 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-2009-3909>