Is CVE-2009-1570 being actively exploited?

CVE-2009-1570 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2009-1570?

CVE-2009-1570 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 9.3 (HIGH).

CVE-2009-1570

HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 8.0%EU EUVD

Integer overflow in the ReadImage function in plug-ins/file-bmp/bmp-read.c in GIMP 2.6.7 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a BMP file with crafted width and height values that trigger a heap-based buffer overflow.

Key facts

CVSS score: 9.3 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-190
EPSS score: 8.0% (95th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2009-1566)
Published: November 13, 2009
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-1566 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

gimp / gimp

References

http://git.gnome.org/cgit/gimp/commit/?h=gimp-2-6&id=df2b0aca2e7cdb95ebfd3454c65aaba0a83e9bbe(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-04/msg00002.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/37232(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/50737(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-42/(Broken Link)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-23.xml(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.osvdb.org/59930(Broken Link)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0837.html(Broken Link)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0838.html(Broken Link)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507813/100/0/threaded(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37006(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3228(Broken Link, Patch)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3564(Broken Link)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1021(Broken Link)
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=600484(Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54254(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8290(Tool Signature)

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

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