UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17788

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17788
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17788.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17788
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Published
2017-12-20T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:46:38Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

In GIMP 2.8.22, there is a stack-based buffer over-read in xcfloadstream in app/xcf/xcf.c when there is no '\0' character after the version string.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / gimp

Package

Name
gimp
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/gimp@2.8.10-0ubuntu1.2?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.8.10-0ubuntu1.2

Affected versions

2.*

2.8.6-1ubuntu1
2.8.6-1ubuntu2
2.8.6-1ubuntu3
2.8.10-0ubuntu1
2.8.10-0ubuntu1.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.8.10-0ubuntu1.2",
            "binary_name": "gimp"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.8.10-0ubuntu1.2",
            "binary_name": "gimp-data"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.8.10-0ubuntu1.2",
            "binary_name": "libgimp2.0"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.8.10-0ubuntu1.2",
            "binary_name": "libgimp2.0-dev"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / gimp

Package

Name
gimp
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/gimp@2.8.16-1ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.8.14-1ubuntu2
2.8.14-1.2ubuntu1
2.8.16-1ubuntu1
2.8.16-1ubuntu1.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.8.16-1ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "gimp"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.8.16-1ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "gimp-data"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.8.16-1ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libgimp2.0"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.8.16-1ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libgimp2.0-dev"
        }
    ]
}