CVE-2013-1978

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.

• CWE-787

• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1778.htmlThird Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2813Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64098Broken Link, VDB Entry
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2051-1Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=953902Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-01Third Party Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1778.htmlThird Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2813Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64098Broken Link, VDB Entry
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2051-1Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=953902Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-01Third Party Advisory

Published

Dec 12, 2013

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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