Is CVE-2010-4542 being actively exploited?

CVE-2010-4542 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2010-4542?

CVE-2010-4542 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 6.8 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2010-4542

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 5.6%EU EUVD

Stack-based buffer overflow in the gfig_read_parameter_gimp_rgb function in plug-ins/gfig/gfig-style.c in the GFIG plugin in GIMP 2.6.11 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long Foreground field in a plugin configuration file. NOTE: it may be uncommon to obtain a GIMP plugin configuration file from an untrusted source that is separate from the distribution of the plugin itself. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

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-787
EPSS score: 5.6% (93th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2010-4508)
Published: January 7, 2011
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-4508 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://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=608497(Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/03/2(Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/04/7(Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://osvdb.org/70283(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/42771(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/44750(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/48236(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/50737(Broken Link)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-23.xml(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2426(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:103(Broken Link)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0838.html(Broken Link)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0839.html(Broken Link)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0016(Broken Link)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=666793(Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)

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

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