Is CVE-2007-2949 being actively exploited?

CVE-2007-2949 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2007-2949?

CVE-2007-2949 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 6.8 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2007-2949

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 7.2%EU EUVD

Integer overflow in the seek_to_and_unpack_pixeldata function in the psd.c plugin in Gimp 2.2.15 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PSD file that contains a large (1) width or (2) height value.

Key facts

CVSS score: 6.8 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-190
EPSS score: 7.2% (94th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2007-2941)
Published: July 4, 2007
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-2941 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
gimp / gimp

References

http://issues.foresightlinux.org/browse/FL-457(Broken Link)
http://osvdb.org/37804(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/25677(Broken Link, Patch)
http://secunia.com/advisories/25949(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/26044(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/26132(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/26215(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/26384(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/26575(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/26939(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28114(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-63/advisory/(Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200707-09.xml(Third Party Advisory)
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103170-1(Broken Link)
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-201320-1(Broken Link)
http://svn.gnome.org/viewcvs/gimp?view=revision&revision=22798(Vendor Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1335(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/399896(Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:170(Broken Link)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_15_sr.html(Broken Link)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0513.html(Broken Link)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24745(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.slackware.org/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.360191(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-480-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2421(Broken Link)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4241(Broken Link)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35246(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1487(Broken Link)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11276(Tool Signature)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5772(Tool Signature)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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