CVE-2017-17788

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    CVE-2017-17788

    Published: 20 Dec 2017Last Modified: 10 Sept 2026

    Summary:

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

    References: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/19/5, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00023.html, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3539-1/, https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4077, https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=790783

    Affected packages

    Package

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- e39a4e12039a255f29d7cf79365190f01c5f37aa
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.8.22

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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