CVE-2013-1978

NameCVE-2013-1978
DescriptionHeap-based buffer overflow in the read_xwd_cols function in file-xwd.c in the X Window Dump (XWD) plug-in in GIMP 2.6.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an X Window System (XWD) image dump with more colors than color map entries.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-2813-1
Debian Bugs731305

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
gimp (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)2.8.14-1+deb8u2fixed
stretch (security)2.8.18-1+deb9u1fixed
stretch (lts), stretch2.8.18-1+deb9u2fixed
buster (security), buster, buster (lts)2.10.8-2+deb10u1fixed
bullseye2.10.22-4+deb11u2fixed
bullseye (security)2.10.22-4+deb11u1fixed
bookworm2.10.34-1+deb12u2fixed
bookworm (security)2.10.34-1+deb12u1fixed
sid2.10.38-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
gimpsourcesqueeze2.6.10-1+squeeze4DSA-2813-1
gimpsourcewheezy2.8.2-2+deb7u1DSA-2813-1
gimpsource(unstable)2.8.10-0.1731305

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