CVE-2023-44444: gimp Off-by-one Error
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2023-44444 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Off-by-one Error vulnerability in gimp. EPSS estimates a 56.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 19 · Related 3Timeline
- 03-05-2024PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 04-11-2025Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
GIMP PSP File Parsing Off-By-One 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 PSP files. Crafted data in a PSP file can trigger an off-by-one error when calculating a location to write within a heap-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. . Was ZDI-CAN-22097.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.8HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.8HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVDNIST7.8HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
56.13%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
99%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
-0.28 pp
From 56.40% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Debian1 product
- gimp< 2.10.34-1+deb12u1 | < 2.10.36-1
Gimp1 product
- gimpGIMP 2.10.34 (revision 2) | < 2.10.36
Ubuntu1 product
- gimpAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 2.10.18-1ubuntu0.1 | < 2.10.30-1ubuntu0.1
3 vendors · 3 products
