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CVE-2012-4245

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-4245 describes an authentication bypass vulnerability in the Script-Fu network server of GIMP 2.6, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the python-fu-eval command. With a CVSS score of 6.8 (medium severity), this vulnerability has a network attack vector, medium attack complexity, and potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 2.6.0, <= 2.6.13CPE 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
4.51%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0451 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 19,953 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

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: gimp
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: gimp

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-4245

gimp: arbitrary code execution without authentication in scriptfu network server

Aug 16, 2012

References

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2012-08/0106.html
Third Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201603-01
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/08/16/6
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/08/17/2
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/08/20/1
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
reactionpenetrationtesting.co.uk / GIMP-scriptfu-python-command-execution.html
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/55089
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
xerox.com / download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdf
Third Party Advisory