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CVE-2011-1178

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2011-1178 describes multiple integer overflows in the GIMP PCX plugin (file-pcx.c) affecting versions 2.6.x and earlier. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to trigger a heap-based buffer overflow by providing a specially crafted PCX image. The CVSS score of 6.8 indicates a medium severity, as it can be exploited over a network with medium complexity, potentially leading to a denial of service (application crash) or arbitrary code execution. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.7.0CPE 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
5.33%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0532 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 19,956 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 (3)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: gimp-1:2.0.5-7.0.7.el4.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: gimp-2:2.2.13-2.0.7.el5_6.2
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2011-1178Moderate

Gimp: Integer overflow in the PCX image file plug-in

May 23, 2011

References

git.gnome.org / browse/gimp/commit
PatchThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/50737
Broken Link
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-201209-23.xml
Third Party Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/67787
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Broken Link
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2011-0837.html
Broken Link
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2011-0838.html
Broken Link
securityfocus.com / bid/48057
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry