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high 7.8

CVE-2017-17784 json

In GIMP 2.8.22, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in load_image in plug-ins/common/file-gbr.c in the gbr import parser, related to mis…

published 2017-12-20 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-8935

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.5%
EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 73%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In GIMP 2.8.22, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in load_image in plug-ins/common/file-gbr.c in the gbr import parser, related to mishandling of UTF-8 data.

Patch / fix

  • gimp Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.8.20-1.1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17784

  • gimp Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 2.8.10-0ubuntu1.2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17784

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • gimp SLE Workstation Extension 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 2.8.18-9.18.1
  • gimp SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP1 2.8.22-5.11.2

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2021:0015-1SUSE-SU-2021:0014-1

  • gimp openSUSE Leap 15.1 2.8.22-lp151.5.9.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2021:0027-1

  • gimp Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +15 more 2.8.22-r2

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2017-17784

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-17784 updated cvss 7.1

gimp: Heap-based buffer over-read in load_image function in plug-ins/common/file-gbr.c

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 gimp Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 gimp, gimp-libs, gimp-devel-tools, gimp-help-browser
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 gimp, gimp-libs, gimp-devel-tools
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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