6.8

CVE-2013-1978: gimp Out-of-bounds Write

CVSS: 6.8v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2013-1978
Published 12-12-2013Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2013-1978 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in gimp. EPSS estimates a 4.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
28/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.8/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
4.19%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3
DSA-2813-1MGASA-2013-0365RHSA-2013:1778

Timeline

  1. 12-12-2013
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the read_xwd_cols function in file-xwd.c in the X Window Dump (XWD) plug-in in GIMP 2.6.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an X Window System (XWD) image dump with more colors than color map entries.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

4.19%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

91%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 4.19% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
4.19%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • gimp< 2.8.10-0.1
Gimp1 product
Redhat1 product

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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