Is CVE-2011-1782 being actively exploited?

CVE-2011-1782 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2011-1782?

CVE-2011-1782 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

CVE-2011-1782

HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 3.4%EU EUVD

Heap-based buffer overflow in the read_channel_data function in file-psp.c in the Paint Shop Pro (PSP) plugin in GIMP 2.6.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a PSP_COMP_RLE (aka RLE compression) image file that begins a long run count at the end of the image. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2010-4543.

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.5 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-787
EPSS score: 3.4% (89th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2011-1780)
Published: July 27, 2011
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-1780 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

gimp / gimp

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/48236(Broken Link)
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2426(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:103(Broken Link)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=704512(Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory)

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

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