GIMP 2.0/2.2/2.2.13 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in GIMP 2.0/2.2/2.2.13. It has been classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2012-3402. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in GIMP 2.0/2.2/2.2.13 (Image Processing Software). This issue affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Integer overflow in plug-ins/common/psd.c in the Adobe Photoshop PSD plugin in GIMP 2.2.13 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted channels header value in a PSD image file, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-3909.

The weakness was disclosed 08/25/2012 with Red Hat as Bug 838941 as confirmed bug report (Bugzilla). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.redhat.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2012-3402 since 06/14/2012. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 61641 (SuSE 10 Security Update : gimp (ZYPP Patch Number 8251)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 120570 (CentOS Security Update for GIMP (CESA-2012:1181)).

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 databases at X-Force (77879), Tenable (61641), SecurityFocus (BID 55103†), Secunia (SA50737†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1027411†). The entries VDB-50852, VDB-61793, VDB-61788 and VDB-61254 are pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 61641
Nessus Name: SuSE 10 Security Update : gimp (ZYPP Patch Number 8251)
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OpenVAS ID: 881470
OpenVAS Name: CentOS Update for gimp CESA-2012:1181 centos5
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07/10/2012 +26 days 🔍
08/20/2012 +41 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: Bug 838941
Organization: Red Hat
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2012-3402 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-3402
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-61787

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X-Force: 77879
SecurityFocus: 55103 - GIMP CVE-2012-3402 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 50737 - Gentoo update for gimp, Moderately Critical
SecurityTracker: 1027411 - GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) PSD/KiSS/GIF Heap Overflows Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 36051 - Adobe Photoshop PSD Plugin in GIMP 2.2.13 and Earlier Remote DoS or Code Execution Vulnerability, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 12/12/2021 10:27
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (65), 04/16/2017 11:21 (17), 12/12/2021 10:27 (3)
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