# CVE-2005-0654: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote attackers can crash GIMP by providing GIF images with zero height or width, requiring user interaction to open the file.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 7 Mar 2005
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9qgx-xr8h-243x

## What is CVE-2005-0654?

CVE-2005-0654 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Gimp Gimp, published on 7 Mar 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

gifload.exe in GIMP 2.0.5, 2.2.3, and possibly 2.2.4 allows remote attackers or local users to cause a denial of service (application crash) via the image descriptor (1) height or (2) width fields set to zero.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-0654?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Gimp Gimp.

## How do I fix CVE-2005-0654?

No fix has been published for CVE-2005-0654 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2005-0654 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-0654 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Gimp Gimp

- [CVE-2010-4541](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-4541/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2009-3909](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-3909/): Integer overflow in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2009-1570](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-1570/): Integer overflow in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2009-0723](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-0723/): Integer overflow in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2009-0733](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-0733/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2005-0654 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2005-0654 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Gimp Gimp, published on 7 Mar 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-0654 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Gimp Gimp. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-0654/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-0654/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-0654
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-0654
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2005-0654

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-0654/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.