CVE-2012-2763
Buffer overflow in the readstr_upto function in plug-ins/script-fu/tinyscheme/scheme.c in GIMP 2.6.12 and earlier, and possibly 2.6.13, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string in a command to the script-fu server.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 81.7%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Buffer overflow in the readstr_upto function in plug-ins/script-fu/tinyscheme/scheme.c in GIMP 2.6.12 and earlier, and possibly 2.6.13, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string in a command to the script-fu server.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 81.72% probability · 100th percentile
- Public exploits
- 2 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 31 May 2012
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-120
- Affected
- gimp/gimp
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 81.7% since 4 November 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 (2)
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.
References
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/gimp/commit/?h=gimp-2-6&id=744f7a4a2b5acb8b531a6f5dd8744ebb95348fc2Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00000.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-09/msg00043.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50737Broken Link
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-23.xmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/31/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/01/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.reactionpenetrationtesting.co.uk/advisories/scriptfu-buffer-overflow-GIMP-2.6.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=679215Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/gimp/commit/?h=gimp-2-6&id=744f7a4a2b5acb8b531a6f5dd8744ebb95348fc2Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00000.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-09/msg00043.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50737Broken Link
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-23.xmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/31/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/01/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.reactionpenetrationtesting.co.uk/advisories/scriptfu-buffer-overflow-GIMP-2.6.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=679215Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.