Bug 1348617 – CVE-2016-4994 gimp: Use-after-free vulnerabilities in the channel and layer properties parsing process

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Bug 1348617 - (CVE-2016-4994) CVE-2016-4994 gimp: Use-after-free vulnerabilities in the channel and layer properties parsing process

Summary:	CVE-2016-4994 gimp: Use-after-free vulnerabilities in the channel and layer p...

Status:	NEW

Aliases:	CVE-2016-4994

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Hardware:	All Linux

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Keywords:	Security

Depends On:	1348618 1348788
Blocks:	1323912 1348619
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Reported:	2016-06-21 11:14 EDT by Adam Mariš
Modified:	2018-03-29 17:59 EDT (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Doc Text:	Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities were found in GIMP in the channel and layer properties parsing process when loading XCF files. An attacker could create a specially crafted XCF file which could cause GIMP to crash.
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2016:2589	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Moderate: gimp security, bug fix, and enhancement update	2016-11-03 08:09:58 EDT

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Description Adam Mariš 2016-06-21 11:14:33 EDT

Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities were found in the channel and layer properties parsing process when loading XCF file. Attacker may craft XCF file in order to gain control over objects that got previously freed and contains pointers to virtual functions that get executed.

Upstream bug:

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=767873

Comment 1 Adam Mariš 2016-06-21 11:14:54 EDT

Created gimp tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1348618]

Comment 5 Adam Mariš 2016-06-23 05:17:36 EDT

Upstream fix:

https://git.gnome.org/browse/gimp/commit/?id=e82aaa4b4ee0703c879e35ea9321fff6be3e9b6f

Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2016-07-05 00:57:17 EDT

gimp-2.8.16-2.fc24 has been pushed to the Fedora 24 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2016-07-09 19:52:20 EDT

gimp-2.8.16-2.fc23 has been pushed to the Fedora 23 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 9 Fedora Update System 2016-07-15 06:19:01 EDT

gimp-2.8.16-2.fc22 has been pushed to the Fedora 22 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2016-11-03 16:20:56 EDT

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2016:2589 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2589.html

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