CVE-2013-1978
EPSS 3.4%
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the read_xwd_cols function in file-xwd.c in the X Window Dump (XWD) plug-in in GIMP 2.6.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an X Window System (XWD) image dump with more colors than color map entries.
How to fix CVE-2013-1978
To remediate CVE-2013-1978, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/gimp—upgrade to 2.8.10-0.1 or later
Is CVE-2013-1978 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 3.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2.8.10-0.1