CVE-2012-2763

N/A Unknown

Published: July 12, 2012 Modified: April 29, 2026

Description

Buffer overflow in the readstr_upto function in plug-ins/script-fu/tinyscheme/scheme.c in GIMP 2.6.12 and earlier, and possibly 2.6.13, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string in a command to the script-fu server.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://git.gnome.org/browse/gimp/commit/?h=gimp-2-6&id=744f7a4a2b5acb8b531a6f5dd8744ebb95348fc2

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00000.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-09/msg00043.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/50737

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-23.xml

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/31/1

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/01/1

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://www.reactionpenetrationtesting.co.uk/advisories/scriptfu-buffer-overflow-GIMP-2.6.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=679215

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory

http://git.gnome.org/browse/gimp/commit/?h=gimp-2-6&id=744f7a4a2b5acb8b531a6f5dd8744ebb95348fc2