CVE-2012-2763

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.

• CWE-120

• http://git.gnome.org/browse/gimp/commit/?h=gimp-2-6&id=744f7a4a2b5acb8b531a6f5dd8744ebb95348fc2Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00000.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-09/msg00043.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/50737Broken Link
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-23.xmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/31/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/01/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.reactionpenetrationtesting.co.uk/advisories/scriptfu-buffer-overflow-GIMP-2.6.htmlThird Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=679215Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• http://git.gnome.org/browse/gimp/commit/?h=gimp-2-6&id=744f7a4a2b5acb8b531a6f5dd8744ebb95348fc2Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00000.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-09/msg00043.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/50737Broken Link
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-23.xmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/31/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/01/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.reactionpenetrationtesting.co.uk/advisories/scriptfu-buffer-overflow-GIMP-2.6.htmlThird Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=679215Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory

Published

Jul 12, 2012

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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