CVE-2006-3404

Description

Buffer overflow in the xcf_load_vector function in app/xcf/xcf-load.c for gimp before 2.2.12 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an XCF file with a large num_axes value in the VECTORS property.

Category

5.1
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.94% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory sun.com Vendor Advisory sun.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016527 vdb entry third party advisory broken link
http://www.osvdb.org/27037 vdb entry broken link
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102720-1 vendor advisory broken link
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200070-1 vendor advisory broken link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440987/100/0/threaded mailing list vdb entry third party advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/21182 third party advisory broken link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/441012/100/0/threaded mailing list vdb entry third party advisory broken link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18877 patch vdb entry third party advisory broken link
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200607-08.xml third party advisory vendor advisory
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-522 broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/21459 third party advisory broken link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2703 vdb entry broken link
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_19_sr.html vendor advisory broken link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0598.html vendor advisory broken link
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=346742 issue tracking third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4634 vdb entry broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/21170 third party advisory broken link
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=377049 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23044 third party advisory broken link
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1116 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5908 vdb entry tool signature signature
http://secunia.com/advisories/21198 third party advisory broken link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:127 vendor advisory broken link
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-312-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21069 third party advisory broken link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11259 vdb entry tool signature signature
http://secunia.com/advisories/20979 third party advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/20976 third party advisory broken link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/441030/100/0/threaded mailing list vdb entry third party advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/21104 third party advisory broken link
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27687 vdb entry third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-3404?
CVE-2006-3404 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-3404?
To fix CVE-2006-3404, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-3404 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2006-3404 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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