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CVE-2012-3403

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-3403 describes a heap-based buffer overflow in the GIMP KiSS CEL file format plug-in, affecting GIMP 2.8.x and earlier versions. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service and potentially execute arbitrary code through a crafted KiSS palette file, leading to an "invalid free." With a CVSS score of 6.8, it is considered a medium-severity vulnerability, requiring medium attack complexity and potentially impacting confidentiality, integrity, and availability. 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
<= 2.8.0CPE 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
4.95%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0495 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 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 (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: gimp-2:2.2.13-2.0.7.el5_8.5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: gimp-2:2.6.9-4.el6_3.3
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-3403Moderate

plug-in): heap buffer overflow when loading external palette files

Aug 20, 2012

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00020.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00000.html
Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-1180.html
Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-1181.html
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/50296
Broken Link
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Broken Link
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Broken Link
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/08/20/7
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/55101
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1559-1
Third Party Advisory