USN-3025-1

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    USN-3025-1

    Published: 5 Jul 2016Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary: gimp vulnerability

    Details: It was discovered that GIMP incorrectly handled malformed XCF files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted XCF file, an attacker could cause GIMP to crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3025-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4994

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: gimp

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.8.10-0ubuntu1.1

    Affected versions

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

    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