CVE-2012-3403

medium
Published 2012-08-25 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
6.8

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the KiSS CEL file format plug-in in GIMP 2.8.x and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted KiSS palette file, which triggers an "invalid free."

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3403

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed2.8.2-1
debian debianbullseyefixed2.8.2-1
debian debianforkyfixed2.8.2-1
debian debiansidfixed2.8.2-1
debian debiantrixiefixed2.8.2-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
gimpgimp{"endIncluding":"2.8.0"}

References

CWEs

CWE-787

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.