CVE-2012-5576
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 6.8%EU EUVD
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in file-xwd.c in the X Window Dump (XWD) plug-in in GIMP 2.8.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large (1) red, (2) green, or (3) blue color mask in an XWD file.
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
- 6.8% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-5465)
- Published
- December 18, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-5465 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- gimp / gimp
References
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/gimp/commit/?id=2873262fccba12af144ed96ed91be144d92ff2e1(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00017.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00014.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50296(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51479(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51528(Broken Link)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:082(Broken Link)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/27/1(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56647(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1659-1(Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=687392(Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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