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CVE-2012-5576

Publication date 27 November 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this 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

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

Patch details

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Package Patch details
gimp

References

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