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medium 5.1

CVE-2006-3404 json

Buffer overflow in the xcf_load_vector function in app/xcf/xcf-load.c for gimp before 2.2.12 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a deni…

published 2006-07-06 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-3400

cvss
5.1
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.6%
EPSS 4.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Buffer overflow in the xcf_load_vector function in app/xcf/xcf-load.c for gimp before 2.2.12 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an XCF file with a large num_axes value in the VECTORS property.

Patch / fix

  • gimp gimp 2.2.12
  • gimp Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.2.11-3.1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2006-3404

  • gimp RHEL 4 1:2.0.5-6

red hat advisories RHSA-2006:0598

  • gimp openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.10.24-3.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10785-1

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-2006-3404 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 gimp 2.0.5-6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 gimp 2.0.5-6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 gimp 2.0.5-6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 gimp 2.0.5-6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0598

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

4.61% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.1 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input

References

Sources

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