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CVE-2017-17788 json

In GIMP 2.8.22, there is a stack-based buffer over-read in xcf_load_stream in app/xcf/xcf.c when there is no '\0' character after the versi…

published 2017-12-20 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-8939

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.1%
EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 66%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In GIMP 2.8.22, there is a stack-based buffer over-read in xcf_load_stream in app/xcf/xcf.c when there is no '\0' character after the version string.

Patch / fix

  • gimp Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.8.20-1.1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17788

  • gimp Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 2.8.10-0ubuntu1.2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17788

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • gimp SLED 12 SP4, SLE Workstation Extension 12 SP5, SLE Workstation Extension 12 SP4 +2 more 2.8.18-9.8.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2020:0601-1

  • gimp Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +15 more 2.8.22-r2

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2017-17788

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

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-2017-17788 updated cvss 5.5

gimp: Stack-based buffer over-read in xcf_load_stream function in app/xcf/xcf.c

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 gimp Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 gimp, gimp-libs, gimp-devel-tools, gimp-help-browser
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 gimp, gimp-libs, gimp-devel-tools
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

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

1.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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