{"id":"CVE-2013-1978","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2013-1978","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:47:00.402Z","title":"Heap-based buffer overflow in the read_xwd_cols function in file-xwd.c in the X Window Dump (XWD) plug-in in GIMP 2.6.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an X Window System…","description":"Heap-based buffer overflow in the read_xwd_cols function in file-xwd.c in the X Window Dump (XWD) plug-in in GIMP 2.6.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an X Window System (XWD) image dump with more colors than color map entries.","published":"2013-12-12T18:55:11.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:52:30.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":6.8,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":["CWE-787"],"affected":["gimp/gimp","redhat/enterprise linux"],"epss":{"score":0.04191,"percentile":0.90869,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (4.19%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1778.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2813","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64098","tags":["Broken Link","VDB Entry"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2051-1","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=953902","tags":["Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-01","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1778.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2813","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64098","tags":["Broken Link","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2051-1","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=953902","tags":["Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-01","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1978","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}