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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS : GIMP vulnerabilities (USN-8057-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 299909

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-8057-1 advisory.

 Hanno Bck discovered that GIMP allocated FLI images using only the information present in the file header, which allowed for a maliciously- crafted file to cause out-of-bounds writes. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2017-17785)

 Michael Randrianantenaina discovered that that opening a maliciously crafted FLI file could cause GIMP to index out-of-bounds. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial or service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2025-2761)

 It was discovered that opening a maliciously-crafted DCM file could cause GIMP to index out-of-bounds. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code.
 (CVE-2025-10922)

 It was discovered that GIMP's JP2 parser did not account for precision when allocating an image buffer. An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code when a maliciously crafted file is opened. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS.
 (CVE-2025-14425)

 It was discovered that GIMP's PSP parser erroneously queried the color channels of a greyscale image, which resulted in an invalid memory pointer. An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code when a maliciously-crafted file is opened. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2025-15059)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8057-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 299909

File Name: ubuntu_USN-8057-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/25/2026

Updated: 2/25/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-17785

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-2761

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gimp, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgimp2.0-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgimp2.0t64, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gimp-data, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libgimp2.0

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/23/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/20/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-17785, CVE-2025-10922, CVE-2025-14425, CVE-2025-15059, CVE-2025-2761

IAVB: 2025-B-0092-S, 2026-B-0003-S

USN: 8057-1