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Kaspersky LabKLA10860

HistoryJul 12, 2016 - 12:00 a.m.

KLA10860 Code execution vulnerability in GIMP

2016-07-1200:00:00

Kaspersky Lab

threats.kaspersky.com

CVSS2

6.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS3

7.8

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

AI Score

8.1

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.025

Percentile

90.4%

JSON

Use-after-free vulnerability was found in GIMP. By exploiting this vulnerability malicious users can cause denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This vulnerability can be exploited remotely via a specially designed XCF file.

Technical details

This vulnerability related to xcf_load_image function in app/xcf/xcf-load.c .

Original advisories

GIMP update new

Related products

GIMP

CVE list

CVE-2016-4994 high

Solution

Update to the latest version

GIMP downloads page

Impacts

Arbitrary code execution. Exploitation of vulnerabilities with this impact can lead to executing by abuser any code or commands at vulnerable machine or process.

Denial of service. Exploitation of vulnerabilities with this impact can lead to loss of system availability or critical functional fault.

Security bypass. Exploitation of vulnerabilities with this impact can lead to performing actions restricted by current security settings.

Spoof user interface. Exploitation of vulnerabilities with this impact can lead to changes in user interface to beguile user into inaccurate behavior.