CVE-2016-4994

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 High 7.8
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the xcf_load_image function in app/xcf/xcf-load.c in GIMP allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (program crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted XCF file.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-4994
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2016-07-12T19:59:05
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2023-02-12T23:22:33
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-416 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/416.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:gimp:gimp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.8.18
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 6.8
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00005.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2589.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3612 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91425 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036226 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.431987 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3025-1 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2589
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4994
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=767873 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1348617
https://git.gnome.org/browse/gimp/commit/?id=e82aaa4b4ee0703c879e35ea9321fff6be3e9b6f Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4994
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4994
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 06:33:45 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 10:17:51 2016-07-12T19:59Z 2016-07-12T19:59:05 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 10:17:51 2022-02-07T19:07:59 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 10:17:51 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated
2023-02-02 22:06:19 2023-02-02T21:17:00 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-02-02 22:06:19 Analyzed Modified Vulnerability Status updated
2023-02-02 22:06:19 Use-after-free vulnerability in the xcf_load_image function in app/xcf/xcf-load.c in GIMP allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (program crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted XCF file. Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities were found in GIMP in the channel and layer properties parsing process when loading XCF files. An attacker could create a specially crafted XCF file which could cause GIMP to crash. Description updated
2023-02-02 22:06:25 References updated
2023-02-13 00:05:55 2023-02-12T23:22:33 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-02-13 00:05:55 Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities were found in GIMP in the channel and layer properties parsing process when loading XCF files. An attacker could create a specially crafted XCF file which could cause GIMP to crash. Use-after-free vulnerability in the xcf_load_image function in app/xcf/xcf-load.c in GIMP allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (program crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted XCF file. Description updated