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CVE-2017-17785

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-12-20 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-787

Description

In GIMP 2.8.22, there is a heap-based buffer overflow in the fli_read_brun function in plug-ins/file-fli/fli.c.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 14.04
• Debian Linux: 7.0, 8.0, 9.0
• GIMP: 2.8.22

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/19/5
• https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=739133
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00023.html
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3539-1/
• https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4077
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/19/5
• https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=739133
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00023.html
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3539-1/
• https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4077

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