Description
Buffer overflow in the xcf_load_vector function in app/xcf/xcf-load.c for gimp before 2.2.12 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an XCF file with a large num_axes value in the VECTORS property.
Published: 2006-07-06
Score: 5.1 Medium
EPSS: 1.9% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1116-1 New gimp packages fix arbitrary code execution
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2006-3400 Buffer overflow in the xcf_load_vector function in app/xcf/xcf-load.c for gimp before 2.2.12 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an XCF file with a large num_axes value in the VECTORS property.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-312-1 gimp vulnerability
References
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http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=377049 cve-icon cve-icon
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=346742 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/20976 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/20979 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/21069 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/21104 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/21170 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/21182 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/21198 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/21459 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/23044 cve-icon cve-icon
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200607-08.xml cve-icon cve-icon
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016527 cve-icon cve-icon
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102720-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200070-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1116 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:127 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_19_sr.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.osvdb.org/27037 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0598.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440987/100/0/threaded cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/441012/100/0/threaded cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/441030/100/0/threaded cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18877 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-312-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2703 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4634 cve-icon cve-icon
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27687 cve-icon cve-icon
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-522 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-3404 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11259 cve-icon cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5908 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-3404 cve-icon
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Gimp Gimp
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T18:30:32.810Z

Reserved: 2006-07-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-3404

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-07-06T20:05:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2006-3404

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2006-07-06T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2006-3404 - Bugzilla

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