CVE-2009-1570

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    CVE-2009-1570

    Published: 13 Nov 2009Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Integer overflow in the ReadImage function in plug-ins/file-bmp/bmp-read.c in GIMP 2.6.7 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a BMP file with crafted width and height values that trigger a heap-based buffer overflow.

    References: http://git.gnome.org/cgit/gimp/commit/?h=gimp-2-6&id=df2b0aca2e7cdb95ebfd3454c65aaba0a83e9bbe, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-04/msg00002.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/37232, http://secunia.com/advisories/50737, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-23.xml, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507813/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37006, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3228, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3564, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1021, https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=600484, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54254, http://git.gnome.org/cgit/gimp/commit/?h=gimp-2-6&id=df2b0aca2e7cdb95ebfd3454c65aaba0a83e9bbe, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3228, https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=600484, http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-42/, http://www.osvdb.org/59930, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0837.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0838.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507813/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37006, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8290

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High