CVE-2012-4245
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 4.7%EU EUVD
The scriptfu network server in GIMP 2.6 does not require authentication, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the python-fu-eval command.
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-862
- EPSS score
- 4.7% (92th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-4189)
- Published
- August 31, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-4189 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- gimp / gimp
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-08/0106.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/16/6(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/17/2(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/20/1(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.reactionpenetrationtesting.co.uk/GIMP-scriptfu-python-command-execution.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55089(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdf(Third Party Advisory)
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-01(Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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