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CVE-2011-1178 json

Multiple integer overflows in the load_image function in file-pcx.c in the Personal Computer Exchange (PCX) plugin in GIMP 2.6.x and earlie…

published 2011-06-06 15 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2011-1188

cvss
6.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.3%
EPSS 5.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Multiple integer overflows in the load_image function in file-pcx.c in the Personal Computer Exchange (PCX) plugin in GIMP 2.6.x and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PCX image that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Patch / fix

  • gimp Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.6.10-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2011-1178

  • gimp RHEL 5 2:2.2.13-2.0.7.el5_6.2
  • gimp-libs RHEL 5 2:2.2.13-2.0.7.el5_6.2
  • gimp RHEL 4 1:2.0.5-7.0.7.el4.1

red hat advisories RHSA-2011:0838RHSA-2011:0837

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2011-1178 updated cvss 6.8

Gimp: Integer overflow in the PCX image file plug-in

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server) gimp 2.2.13-2.0.7.el5_6.2, gimp-libs 2.2.13-2.0.7.el5_6.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2011:0838
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 gimp 2.0.5-7.0.7.el4.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 gimp 2.0.5-7.0.7.el4.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 gimp 2.0.5-7.0.7.el4.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 gimp 2.0.5-7.0.7.el4.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2011:0837
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 gimp, gimp-libs, gimp-devel-tools, gimp-help-browser
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

5.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound

References

Sources

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