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Gimp BMP Image Parsing Integer Overflow Vulnerability
Release Date: 2009-11-12 Last Update: 2009-12-21 Views: 4,775
Secunia Advisory SA37232
Where:
From remote
Impact:
System access,
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
CVE Reference(s):
Description
Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in Gimp, which can be exploited by malicious people to potentially compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to an integer overflow error within the "ReadImage()" function in plug-ins/file-bmp/bmp-read.c. This can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow by e.g. tricking a user into opening a specially crafted BMP file.
The vulnerability is confirmed in version 2.6.7. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Update to version 2.6.8.
Further details available to Secunia VIM customers
Provided and/or discovered by:
Stefan Cornelius, Secunia Research.
Original Advisory:
Secunia Research:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-42/
Deep Links:
Links available to Secunia VIM customers
Do you have additional information related to this advisory?
Please provide information about patches, mitigating factors, new versions, exploits, faulty patches, links, and other relevant data by posting comments to this Advisory. You can also send this information to vuln@secunia.com
Subject: Gimp BMP Image Parsing Integer Overflow Vulnerability
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