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GHSA-W7G8-VMHG-QVWM

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-05-03 03:31 – Updated: 2025-11-04 21:31

Details

The specific flaw exists within the parsing of PSP files. Crafted data in a PSP file can trigger an off-by-one error when calculating a location to write within a heap-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-22097.

Severity ?

7.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2023-44444 (GCVE-0-2023-44444)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-05-03 02:14 – Updated: 2025-11-04 19:25

Summary

GIMP PSP File Parsing Off-By-One Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of GIMP. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of PSP files. Crafted data in a PSP file can trigger an off-by-one error when calculating a location to write within a heap-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. . Was ZDI-CAN-22097.

Severity ?

7.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-193 - Off-by-one Error

Assigner

zdi

References

URL

Tags

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	https://www.gimp.org/news/2023/11/07/gimp-2-10-36…	vendor-advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	GIMP	GIMP	Affected: GIMP 2.10.34 (revision 2)

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Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-W7G8-VMHG-QVWM

CVE-2023-44444 (GCVE-0-2023-44444)

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