Gimp: multiple use after free in xcf parser
Summary
A flaw was found in GIMP when processing XCF image files. If a user opens one of these image files that has been specially crafted by an attacker, GIMP can be tricked into making serious memory errors, potentially leading to crashes and causing use-after-free issues. Affected products named by the advisory: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support; and 9 more. Affected products named by the advisory: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Service; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP Solutions; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service; and 4 more.
What this means
In plain English
A flaw was found in GIMP when processing XCF image files. If a user opens one of these image files that has been specially crafted by an attacker, GIMP can be tricked into making serious memory errors, potentially leading to crashes and causing use-after-free issues. Affected products named by the advisory: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support; and 9 more.
Recommended action
Primary action: update to a vendor-listed fixed release: 3.0.0.
Rewritten locally from the scraped official advisory data above; no generative API is used. The vendor advisory is authoritative.
- before 3.0.0
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 3 hours ago·verify at source
Mitigation
Upgrade to a fixed release: 3.0.0. That is the remediation for this advisory.
The vendor advisory may list additional interim mitigations or workarounds not captured here — review it before change work.
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 3 hours ago·verify at source
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