9.3
CRITICAL
CVE-2009-1570
GIMP BMP Integer Overflow Buffer Overflow
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 13, 2009, 3:30 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 9, 2025, 12:30 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2009-1570 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Gimp gimp
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2009-1570.

URL Resource
http://git.gnome.org/cgit/gimp/commit/?h=gimp-2-6&id=df2b0aca2e7cdb95ebfd3454c65aaba0a83e9bbe Patch Vendor 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 Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37006 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3228 Broken Link Patch
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 Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54254 Third Party Advisory VDB 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 Patch Vendor 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 Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37006 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3228 Broken Link Patch
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 Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54254 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8290 Tool Signature

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  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://git.gnome.org/cgit/gimp/commit/?h=gimp-2-6&id=df2b0aca2e7cdb95ebfd3454c65aaba0a83e9bbe
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-04/msg00002.html
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/37232
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/50737
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-42/
    Added Reference http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-23.xml
    Added Reference http://www.osvdb.org/59930
    Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0837.html
    Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0838.html
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507813/100/0/threaded
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37006
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3228
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3564
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1021
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=600484
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54254
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8290
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 07, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://git.gnome.org/cgit/gimp/commit/?h=gimp-2-6&id=df2b0aca2e7cdb95ebfd3454c65aaba0a83e9bbe Patch http://git.gnome.org/cgit/gimp/commit/?h=gimp-2-6&id=df2b0aca2e7cdb95ebfd3454c65aaba0a83e9bbe Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-04/msg00002.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-04/msg00002.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/37232 Vendor Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/37232 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/50737 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/50737 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-42/ Vendor Advisory http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-42/ Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-23.xml No Types Assigned http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-23.xml Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.osvdb.org/59930 No Types Assigned http://www.osvdb.org/59930 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0837.html No Types Assigned http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0837.html Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0838.html No Types Assigned http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0838.html Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507813/100/0/threaded No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507813/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37006 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37006 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3228 Patch, Vendor Advisory http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3228 Broken Link, Patch
    Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3564 No Types Assigned http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3564 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1021 No Types Assigned http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1021 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=600484 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=600484 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54254 No Types Assigned https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54254 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8290 No Types Assigned https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8290 Tool Signature
    Removed CWE NIST CWE-189
    Added CWE NIST CWE-190
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 10, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/507813/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507813/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 29, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8290 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8290 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 17, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/54254 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54254 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 13, 2009

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2009-1570 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2009-1570 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

3.08 }} -7.03%

score

0.85569

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability