UBUNTU-CVE-2025-2761

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2025-2761

    Published: 23 Apr 2025Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2025-2761
    Aliases:
    USN-8057-1

    Summary:

    Details: GIMP FLI File Parsing Out-Of-Bounds Write Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of GIMP. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of FLI files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a write past the end of an allocated buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-25100.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-2761, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-2761, https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-25-204/, https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/issues/13073, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8057-1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: gimp

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.8.16-1ubuntu1.1+esm1

    Affected versions

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

    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
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