CVE-2013-1913

medium
Published 2013-12-12 ยท Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
6.8

Description

Integer overflow in the load_image function in file-xwd.c in the X Window Dump (XWD) plug-in in GIMP 2.6.9 and earlier, when used with glib before 2.24, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large color entries value in an X Window System (XWD) image dump.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

redhat Red Hat Affected 2 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
6.0 Affected โ€”
5.0 Affected โ€”
debian Debian Fixed 5 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
trixie Fixed 2.8.10-0.1
sid Fixed 2.8.10-0.1
forky Fixed 2.8.10-0.1
bullseye Fixed 2.8.10-0.1
bookworm Fixed 2.8.10-0.1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
gimpgimp{"endIncluding":"2.6.9"}
gnomeglib{"endIncluding":"2.24.0"}

References

CWEs

CWE-190

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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