Vulnerability CVE-2013-1978
Published: 2013-12-12

Description:
Heap-based buffer overflow in the read_xwd_cols function in file-xwd.c in the X Window Dump (XWD) plug-in in GIMP 2.6.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an X Window System (XWD) image dump with more colors than color map entries.

Type:

CWE-119

 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.8/10
6.4/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Redhat -> Enterprise linux 
GIMP -> GIMP 

 References:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1778.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2813
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64098
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2051-1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=953902
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-01
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