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Vulnerability record · CVE-2009-1570 · published 13 November 2009

CVE-2009-1570: Gimp integer overflow vulnerability

Gimp · Gimp

Integer overflow in the ReadImage function in plug-ins/file-bmp/bmp-read.c in GIMP 2.6.7 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a BMP file with crafted width and height values that trigger a heap-based buffer overflow.

9.3 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 8.0% · top 5.4% CWE-190 · Integer overflow
9.3CVSS 2.0 base score
8.0%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
34References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Integer overflow in the ReadImage function in plug-ins/file-bmp/bmp-read.c in GIMP 2.6.7 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a BMP file with crafted width and height values that trigger a heap-based buffer overflow.

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://git.gnome.org/cgit/gimp/commit/?h=gimp-2-6&id=df2b0aca2e7cdb95ebfd3454c65aaba0a83e9bbe PatchVendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-04/msg00002.html Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37232 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/50737 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-42/ Broken Link
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-23.xml Third Party Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/59930 Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0837.html Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0838.html Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507813/100/0/threaded Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37006 Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3228 Broken LinkPatch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3564 Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1021 Broken Link
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=600484 Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54254 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8290 Tool Signature
http://git.gnome.org/cgit/gimp/commit/?h=gimp-2-6&id=df2b0aca2e7cdb95ebfd3454c65aaba0a83e9bbe PatchVendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-04/msg00002.html Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37232 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/50737 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-42/ Broken Link
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-23.xml Third Party Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/59930 Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0837.html Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0838.html Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507813/100/0/threaded Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37006 Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3228 Broken LinkPatch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3564 Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1021 Broken Link
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=600484 Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54254 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8290 Tool Signature

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2009-1570), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.