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CVE-2017-17784

high

Description

In GIMP 2.8.22, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in load_image in plug-ins/common/file-gbr.c in the gbr import parser, related to mishandling of UTF-8 data.

References

https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4077

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3539-1/

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00023.html

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=790784

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102899

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/19/5

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-12-20

Updated: 2025-04-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00168