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title: "CVE-2010-4540\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2010-4540

Publication date 7 January 2011

Last updated 4 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

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

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## Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the load\_preset\_response function in
plug-ins/lighting/lighting-ui.c in the "LIGHTING EFFECTS > LIGHT" plugin in
GIMP 2.6.11 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of
service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long
Position field in a plugin configuration file. NOTE: it may be uncommon to
obtain a GIMP plugin configuration file from an untrusted source that is
separate from the distribution of the plugin itself. NOTE: some of these
details are obtained from third party information.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| gimp | 10.10 maverick | Fixed 2.6.10-1ubuntu3.2 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 2.6.8-2ubuntu1.2 |
| 9.10 karmic | Fixed 2.6.7-1ubuntu1.2 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 2.4.5-1ubuntu2.3 |
| 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-2010-4540?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=7fb](http://git.gnome.org/browse/gimp/commit/?id=7fb0300e1cfdb98a3bde54dbc73a0f3eda375162) |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-4540)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4540)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2010-4540)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-4540)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-1109-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1109-1)
+ GIMP vulnerabilities
+ 13 April 2011

### Other references

* <http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/03/2>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-4540>