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CVE-2017-17789
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: yes
- 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 read_channel_data in plug-ins/common/file-psp.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
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102898
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=790849
- 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
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102898
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=790849
- 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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