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CVE-2013-1913

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-1913 describes an integer overflow vulnerability in the X Window Dump (XWD) plug-in of GIMP 2.6.9 and earlier, specifically when used with glib versions prior to 2.24. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (application crash) and potentially execute arbitrary code by supplying a maliciously crafted XWD image dump with a large color entries value. With a CVSS score of 6.8, this vulnerability is rated as medium severity due to its network attack vector and medium attack complexity, leading to potential partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.6.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gimp:gimp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
4.07%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0407 is in the 86th 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 (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: gimp-2:2.2.13-3.el5_10
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: gimp-2:2.6.9-6.el6_5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2013-1913Moderate

gimp: xwd plugin g_new() integer overflow

Dec 3, 2013

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-1778.html
Third Party AdvisoryVendor Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201603-01
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2013/dsa-2813
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/64105
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2051-1
Third Party Advisory