Buffer overflow in Gimp
CVE-2010-4540
Stack-based buffer overflow in the load_preset_response function in plug-ins/lighting/lighting-ui.c in the "LIGHTING EFFECTS > LIGHT" plugin in GIMP 2.6.11 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long Position field in a plugin configuration file. NOTE: it may be uncommon to obtain a GIMP plugin configuration file from an untrusted source that is separate from the distribution of the plugin itself. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.061 (93.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 93.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.061 · newest: 0.061 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Gimp — versions 2.6.11
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2426 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-23.xml (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0016 (vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0839.html (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0838.html (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/04/7 (mailing-list, Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/44750 (Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/42771 (Broken Link, third-party-advisory)