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CVE-2006-4519

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-4519 describes multiple integer overflow vulnerabilities within various image loader plug-ins of GIMP versions prior to 2.2.16. These flaws allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by crafting malicious DICOM, PNM, PSD, PSP, Sun RAS, XBM, or XWD files with manipulated length values. With a CVSS score of 6.8, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring user interaction (e.g., opening a malicious file) but potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, nor significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.2.16CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gimp:gimp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.60%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0560 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1Fixed in: gimp-1:1.2.1-7.8.el2_1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: gimp-1:1.2.3-20.9.el3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: gimp-1:2.0.5-7.0.7.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: gimp-2:2.2.13-2.0.7.el5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2006-4519Moderate

GIMP multiple image loader integer overflows

Jul 9, 2007

References

bugzilla.gnome.org / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
developer.gimp.org / NEWS-2.2
Broken Link
issues.foresightlinux.org / browse/FL-457
Broken Link
labs.idefense.com / intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php
Broken Link
osvdb.org / 42139
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osvdb.org / 42140
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osvdb.org / 42141
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osvdb.org / 42142
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osvdb.org / 42143
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osvdb.org / 42144
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osvdb.org / 42145
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secunia.com / advisories/26132
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secunia.com / advisories/26215
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secunia.com / advisories/26240
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secunia.com / advisories/26575
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secunia.com / advisories/26939
Broken Link
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200707-09.xml
Third Party Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/35308
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10842
Tool Signature
debian.org / security/2007/dsa-1335
Third Party Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Broken Link
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2007-0513.html
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/475257/100/0/threaded
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/24835
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-494-1
Third Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/2471
Broken Link