CVE-2013-1978 describes a heap-based buffer overflow in the X Window Dump (XWD) plug-in within GIMP 2.6.9 and earlier, affecting various GIMP and related Red Hat/GNOME products. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.8, indicating a medium severity, and could lead to a denial of service or potentially arbitrary code execution if an attacker provides a crafted XWD image with too many colors. Despite its potential impact, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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.
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.