CVE-2017-17786 (GCVE-0-2017-17786)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-12-20 09:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 20:59
VLAI
Summary
In GIMP 2.8.22, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in ReadImage in plug-ins/common/file-tga.c (related to bgr2rgb.part.1) via an unexpected bits-per-pixel value for an RGBA image.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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References
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2017-12-20 00:00
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