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.
References
Link Resource
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1778.html Third Party Advisory Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2813 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64098 Broken Link VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2051-1 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=953902 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-01 Third Party Advisory
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2013-12-12T18:00:00

Updated: 2018-01-08T21:57:01

Reserved: 2013-02-19T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2013-1978

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Modified

Published: 2013-12-12T18:55:10.757

Modified: 2023-02-13T04:42:37.807


Link: CVE-2013-1978

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cve-icon Redhat Information

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