CVE - CVE-2013-1978

CVE-ID
CVE-2013-1978	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the read_xwd_cols function in file-xwd.c in the X Window Dump (XWD) plug-in in GIMP 2.6.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an X Window System (XWD) image dump with more colors than color map entries.
References
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MISC:64098 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64098 MISC:DSA-2813 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2813 MISC:GLSA-201603-01 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-01 MISC:RHSA-2013:1778 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1778.html MISC:USN-2051-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2051-1 MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=953902 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=953902
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20130219	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20130219)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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