Linuxsecurity Critical GIMP Vulnerabilities Affect Multiple Ubuntu Releases
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A critical security issue has been identified in GIMP affecting multiple Ubuntu LTS versions, including 24.04, 22.04, 20.04, 18.04, and 16.04. The vulnerability, discovered by Hanno Böck, allows for out-of-bounds writes through maliciously crafted FLI files, potentially leading to denial of service or arbitrary code execution. The issue is linked to CVE-2017-17785, published on December 20, 2017.
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2017-12-20
CVE-2017-17785 published
2025-04-23
CVE-2025-2761 published
2025-10-29
CVE-2025-10922 published
2025-12-23
CVE-2025-14425 published
2026-01-23
CVE-2025-15059 published
2026-02-23
Security issue reported affecting multiple Ubuntu versions
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