Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Dec 20, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-17788
CVE-2017-17788
Description
In GIMP 2.8.22, there is a stack-based buffer over-read in xcf_load_stream in app/xcf/xcf.c when there is no '\0' character after the version string.
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Affected products
11- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- osv-coords5 versionspkg:rpm/suse/gimp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/gimp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/gimp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/gimp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/gimp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2012%20SP5
< 2.8.18-9.8.1+ 4 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2.8.18-9.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.8.18-9.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.8.18-9.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.8.18-9.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.8.18-9.8.1
Patches
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References
5- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/19/5nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00023.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/3539-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4077nvdThird Party Advisory
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