CVE-2007-3126 Denial of service in n/a
An attacker can cause a crash in GIMP by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted ICO file with a zero height value.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2007-3126?
CVE-2007-3126 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Gimp Gimp, published on 8 Jun 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Gimp before 2.8.22 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an ICO file with an InfoHeader containing a Height of zero, a similar issue to CVE-2007-2237.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-3126?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (3)
gimp SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 | All versions | 2.8.18-8.1 |
gimp SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 | All versions | 2.8.18-8.1 |
gimp SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP2 | All versions | 2.8.18-8.1 |
Products include Gimp Gimp.
How do I fix CVE-2007-3126?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2007-3126 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-3126 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Gimp Gimp
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2007-3126, GHSA-4vhr-6jhx-vf2q, MGASA-2017-0112, SUSE-SU-2017:0945-1.