CVE-2013-1978

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.

CVSS v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM

6.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1778.html	Third Party Advisory Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2813	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64098	Broken Link VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2051-1	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=953902	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-01	Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1778.html	Third Party Advisory Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2813	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64098	Broken Link VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2051-1	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=953902	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-01	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:a:gimp:gimp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:gnome:glib:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2013-12-12 18:55

Updated : 2025-04-11 00:51

NVD link : CVE-2013-1978

Mitre link : CVE-2013-1978

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2013-1978

JSON object : View

Products Affected

redhat

enterprise_linux

gnome

glib

gimp

gimp

CWE

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

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