PT-2017-3728 · Gnu+4 · Gimp+4

Hanno Böck · Published 2017-12-20 · Updated 2026-02-23 · CVE-2017-17785

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: GIMP version 2.8.22

Description: The issue is related to a heap-based buffer overflow in the fli read brun function, located in plug-ins/file-fli/fli.c. This can potentially allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code.

Recommendations: For GIMP version 2.8.22, consider disabling the fli read brun function as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. Restrict access to the affected fli.c module to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2018-1717

BDU:2018-01590

CVE-2017-17785

DLA-1220-1

DSA-4077-1

MGASA-2018-0030

MGASA-2018-0273

OPENSUSE-SU-2021:0027-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2021_0027-1

SUSE-SU-2020:0601-1

SUSE-SU-2020_0601-1

SUSE-SU-2021:0014-1

SUSE-SU-2021:0015-1

USN-3539-1

USN-8057-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Gimp

Linuxmint

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 52

• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17788 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0273.html · Security Note
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3539-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17784 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2018-0030 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-10922 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-14425 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2018-01590 · Security Note
• https://debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4077 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17786 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17785 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17785 · Security Note
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0030.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2018-0273 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3539-1 · Vendor Advisory