CVE-2012-5576

Publication date 27 November 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in file-xwd.c in the X Window Dump (XWD) plug-in in GIMP 2.8.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large (1) red, (2) green, or (3) blue color mask in an XWD file.

Status

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No maintained releases are affected by this CVE.

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
gimp	12.10 quantal	Fixed 2.8.2-1ubuntu1.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 2.6.12-1ubuntu1.2
	11.10 oneiric	Fixed 2.6.11-2ubuntu4.2
	10.04 LTS lucid	Fixed 2.6.8-2ubuntu1.6
	8.04 LTS hardy	Ignored end of life

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Package	Patch details
gimp	Upstream: ?id=287

References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-1659-1
GIMP vulnerability
10 December 2012

Other references

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/21/2
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5576