PT-2011-1600 · Gnu+1 · Gimp+1

Huzaifa Sidhpurwala · Published 2011-01-07 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2010-4541

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GIMP version 2.6.11

Description The issue is a stack-based buffer overflow in the loadit function in the SPHERE DESIGNER plugin. This can be exploited by user-assisted remote attackers via a long "Number of lights" field in a plugin configuration file, potentially leading to a denial of service (application crash) or possibly the execution of arbitrary code.

Recommendations For GIMP version 2.6.11, consider disabling the SPHERE DESIGNER plugin until a patch is available to prevent potential exploitation. Avoid using the "Number of lights" field in the plugin configuration file with untrusted input.

Fix

DoS

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

CVE-2010-4541

DSA-2426-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10294-1

RHSA-2011:0837

RHSA-2011:0838

RHSA-2011:0839

RHSA-2011_0837

RHSA-2011_0838

RHSA-2011_0839

Affected Products

Gimp

Red Hat

References · 41

• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:103 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2010-4541 · Vendor Advisory
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0837.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2426 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0839.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2010-4541 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4541 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-4541 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0016 · Vendor Advisory
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2011-0839.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10294-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-23.xml · Vendor Advisory
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0838.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:0839 · Note