Back Linuxsecurity Ubuntu 24.04 GIMP Critical Code Execution Threat USN-8057
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in GIMP. Software Description: - gimp: GNU Image Manipulation Program Details: Hanno B�ck discovered that GIMP allocated FLI images using only the information present in the file header, which allowed for a maliciously- crafted file to cause out-of-bounds writes. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2017-17785) Michael Randrianantenaina discovered that that opening a maliciously crafted FLI file could cause GIMP to index out-of-bounds. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial or service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2025-2761) It was discovered that opening a maliciously-crafted DCM file could cause
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in GIMP. Software Description: - gimp: GNU Image Manipulation Program Details: Hanno B�ck discovered that GIMP allocated FLI images using only the information present in the file header, which allowed for a maliciously- crafted file to cause out-of-bounds writes. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2017-17785) Michael Randrianantenaina discovered that that opening a maliciously crafted FLI file could cause GIMP to index out-of-bounds. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial or service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2025-2761) It was discovered that opening a maliciously-crafted DCM file could cause
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS gimp 2.10.36-3ubuntu0.24.04.1+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro libgimp2.0t64 2.10.36-3ubuntu0.24.04.1+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 22.04 LTS gimp 2.10.30-1ubuntu0.1+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro libgimp2.0 2.10.30-1ubuntu0.1+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 20.04 LTS gimp 2.10.18-1ubuntu0.1+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro libgimp2.0 2.10.18-1ubuntu0.1+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 18.04 LTS gimp 2.8.22-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro libgimp2.0 2.8.22-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 16.04 LTS gimp 2.8.16-1ubuntu1.1+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro libgimp2.0 2.8.16-1ubuntu1.1+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS gimp 2.10.36-3ubuntu0.24.04.1+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro libgimp2.0t64 2.10.36-3ubuntu0.24.04.1+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 22.04 LTS gimp 2.10.30-1ubuntu0.1+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro libgimp2.0 2.10.30-1ubuntu0.1+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 20.04 LTS gimp 2.10.18-1ubuntu0.1+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro libgimp2.0 2.10.18-1ubuntu0.1+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 18.04 LTS gimp 2.8.22-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro libgimp2.0 2.8.22-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 16.04 LTS gimp 2.8.16-1ubuntu1.1+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro libgimp2.0 2.8.16-1ubuntu1.1+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
CVE-2017-17785, CVE-2025-10922, CVE-2025-14425, CVE-2025-15059, CVE-2025-2761
CVE-2017-17785, CVE-2025-10922, CVE-2025-14425, CVE-2025-15059,
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