High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Jul 12, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2016-4994
CVE-2016-4994
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the xcf_load_image function in app/xcf/xcf-load.c in GIMP allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (program crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted XCF file.
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Affected products
6- osv-coords5 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/gimp&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/gimp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/gimp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/gimp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/gimp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2012%20SP1
< 2.8.18-1.4+ 4 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2.8.18-1.4
- (no CPE)range: < 2.8.10-7.8
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.2-3.34.47.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.8.10-7.8
- (no CPE)range: < 2.8.10-7.8
Patches
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References
9- git.gnome.org/browse/gimp/commit/nvdIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00005.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2589.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3612nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/91425nvdBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1036226nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.slackware.com/security/viewer.phpnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3025-1nvdThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
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