CVE-2022-30067 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.5 Published 17 May 2022 Updated 3 Aug 2024

An attacker can cause a denial of service by tricking a user into opening a crafted XCF file that triggers excessive memory allocation and a crash.

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-2022-30067?

CVE-2022-30067 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Gimp Gimp, published on 17 May 2022. 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 2.10.30 and 2.99.10 are vulnerable to Buffer Overflow. Through a crafted XCF file, the program will allocate for a huge amount of memory, resulting in insufficient memory or program crash.

Weakness: CWE-120

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-30067?

It affects 1 product.

Linux distribution packages (11)

`gimp` SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP3	All versions	`2.10.12-150300.9.3.1`
`gimp` SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP4	All versions	`2.10.30-150400.3.3.1`
`gimp` SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5	All versions	`2.8.18-9.21.1`
`gimp` SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP5	All versions	`2.8.18-9.21.1`
`gimp` SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP3	All versions	`2.10.12-150200.3.9.1`
`gimp` SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP3	All versions	`2.10.12-150300.9.3.1`
`gimp` SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP4	All versions	`2.10.30-150400.3.3.1`
`gimp` openSUSE:Leap 15.3	All versions	`2.10.12-150200.3.9.1`
`gimp` openSUSE:Leap 15.3	All versions	`2.10.12-150300.9.3.1`
`gimp` openSUSE:Leap 15.4	All versions	`2.10.30-150400.3.3.1`
`gimp` openSUSE:Tumbleweed	All versions	`2.10.30-3.1`

Products include Gimp Gimp.

How do I fix CVE-2022-30067?

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-2022-30067 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-30067 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-30067, GHSA-xhpv-gh4w-v5jf, MGASA-2022-0219, SUSE-SU-2022:1889-1, SUSE-SU-2022:2063-1, SUSE-SU-2022:2619-1 and 3 more.