CVE-2016-4994
Use-after-free vulnerability in the xcf_load_image function in app/xcf/xcf-load.c in GIMP allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (program crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a
02 Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the xcf_load_image function in app/xcf/xcf-load.c in GIMP allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (program crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.11% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 87.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2016-07-12 19:00Z10 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 00:46Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-05-24
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-416Use After FreeVariant
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- e6f342201e68a9213ccdc657f55bc86442bbfae9394a813113e1ceeb4d8c5db9
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securitytracker.com1036226http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036226
- git.gnome.orghttps://git.gnome.org/browse/gimp/commit/?id=e82aaa4b4ee0703c879e35ea9321fff6be3e9b6f
- bugzilla.gnome.orghttps://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=767873
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:1727http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00005.html
- www.securityfocus.com91425http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91425
- www.debian.orgDSA-3612http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3612
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-3025-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3025-1
- www.slackware.comSSA:2016-203-01http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.431987
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:2589http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2589.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- gimp Fixed in 2.8.16-2.2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- gimp Fixed in 2.8.16-2.2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- gimp Fixed in 2.8.16-2.2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- gimp Fixed in 2.8.10-0ubuntu1.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- gimp Fixed in 2.8.16-1ubuntu1.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.