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CVE-2012-2763 in the critical feed json

Buffer overflow in the readstr_upto function in plug-ins/script-fu/tinyscheme/scheme.c in GIMP 2.6.12 and earlier, and possibly 2.6.13, all…

published 2012-07-12 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-2743

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
81.7%
EPSS 81.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.6%
public exploits
3
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

Buffer overflow in the readstr_upto function in plug-ins/script-fu/tinyscheme/scheme.c in GIMP 2.6.12 and earlier, and possibly 2.6.13, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string in a command to the script-fu server.

Patch / fix

  • gimp Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.8.0-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2763

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-2012-2763 updated cvss 6.8

gimp: Heap-based buffer overflow in the script-fu console by sending overly long arguments to script-fu server

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 gimp, gimp-libs, gimp-devel-tools, gimp-help-browser
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 gimp
    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

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/windows/misc/gimp_script_fu)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

81.72% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.6% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/windows/misc/gimp_script_fu GIMP script-fu Server Buffer Overflow metasploit exploit, normal rank, 2012-05-18
  • EDB-18973 GIMP script-fu - Server Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) remote, 2012-06-02
  • EDB-18956 GIMP 2.6 script-fu < 2.8.0 - Buffer Overflow (PoC) dos, 2012-05-31
  • git.gnome.org http://git.gnome.org/browse/gimp/commit/?h=gimp-2-6&id=744f7a4a2b5acb8b531a6f5dd8744ebb95348fc2 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input

References

Sources

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