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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2010-4543

Heap-based buffer overflow in the read_channel_data function in file-psp.c in the Paint Shop Pro (PSP) plugin in GIMP 2.6.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a PSP_COMP_RLE…

EXPLOIT ✓HIGH 7.5EPSS 16.3%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 16.3%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the read_channel_data function in file-psp.c in the Paint Shop Pro (PSP) plugin in GIMP 2.6.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a PSP_COMP_RLE (aka RLE compression) image file that begins a long run count at the end of the image. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

CVSS 2.0
7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
16.27% probability · 97th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 31 December 2010
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-787
Affected
gimp/gimp
Source
secalert@redhat.com
EPSS trend
0%10%20%26 October 2026: 16.27%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 16.3% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-35162source ↗GIMP 2.6.7 - Multiple File Plugins Remote Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilitieslinux · non customersdos31 December 2010yes

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.