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CVE-2017-17789

Date: December 20, 2017

In GIMP 2.8.22, there is a heap-based buffer overflow in read_channel_data in plug-ins/common/file-psp.c.

Language: C

Severity Score

7.8

Related Resources (11)

Url: https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4077

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17789

Url: https://usn.ubuntu.com/3539-1/

Url: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00023.html

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17789

Url: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=790849

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-17789

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102898

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-17789

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/19/5

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2017-17789

Severity Score

7.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CWE-119

Out-of-bounds Write

CWE-787

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.8
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	REQUIRED
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	6.8
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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