GIMP PSD File Parser heap-based overflow

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in GIMP. The affected element is an unknown function of the component PSD File Parser. The manipulation results in heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2023-44442. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in GIMP (Image Processing Software) (affected version not known). Affected is some unknown functionality of the component PSD File Parser. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

GIMP PSD File Parsing Heap-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of GIMP. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of PSD files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a heap-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-22094.

The weakness was shared 11/14/2023 as ZDI-23-1594. The advisory is available at zerodayinitiative.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2023-44442 since 09/28/2023. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/14/2025).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 211983 (RHEL 7 : gimp:2.8.22 (RHSA-2024:10666)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (211983). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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• Image Processing Software

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• GIMP

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• open-source

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