UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17784

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17784

    Published: 20 Dec 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-17784
    Aliases:
    USN-3539-1

    Summary:

    Details: In GIMP 2.8.22, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in load_image in plug-ins/common/file-gbr.c in the gbr import parser, related to mishandling of UTF-8 data.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17784, https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=790784, https://git.gnome.org/browse/gimp/commit/?id=06d24a79af94837d615d0024916bb95a01bf3c59, https://git.gnome.org/browse/gimp/commit/?id=c57f9dcf1934a9ab0cd67650f2dea18cb0902270, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/19/5, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3539-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17784

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: gimp

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.8.10-0ubuntu1.2

    Affected versions

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

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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