6.8
MEDIUM
CVE-2010-4542
"GIMP GFIG Plugin Stack-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability"
Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the gfig_read_parameter_gimp_rgb function in plug-ins/gfig/gfig-style.c in the GFIG plugin in GIMP 2.6.11 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long Foreground field in a plugin configuration file. NOTE: it may be uncommon to obtain a GIMP plugin configuration file from an untrusted source that is separate from the distribution of the plugin itself. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 7, 2011, 8 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 11, 2025, 12:51 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

6.4

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2010-4542 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-2010-4542.

URL Resource
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=608497 Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.html Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/03/2 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/04/7 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://osvdb.org/70283 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/42771 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/44750 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/48236 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/50737 Broken Link
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-23.xml Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2426 Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:103 Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0838.html Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0839.html Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0016 Broken Link
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=666793 Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=608497 Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.html Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/03/2 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/04/7 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://osvdb.org/70283 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/42771 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/44750 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/48236 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/50737 Broken Link
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-23.xml Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2426 Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:103 Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0838.html Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0839.html Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0016 Broken Link
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=666793 Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2010-4542 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2010-4542 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

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

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=608497
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.html
    Added Reference http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/03/2
    Added Reference http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/04/7
    Added Reference http://osvdb.org/70283
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/42771
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/44750
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/48236
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/50737
    Added Reference http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-23.xml
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2426
    Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:103
    Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0838.html
    Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0839.html
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0016
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=666793
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

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

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description Stack-based buffer overflow in the gfig_read_parameter_gimp_rgb function in plug-ins/gfig/gfig-style.c in the GFIG plugin in GIMP 2.6.11 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long Foreground field in a plugin configuration file. NOTE: it may be uncommon to obtain a GIMP plugin configuration file from an untrusted source that is separate from the distribution of the plugin itself. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information. Stack-based buffer overflow in the gfig_read_parameter_gimp_rgb function in plug-ins/gfig/gfig-style.c in the GFIG plugin in GIMP 2.6.11 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long Foreground field in a plugin configuration file. NOTE: it may be uncommon to obtain a GIMP plugin configuration file from an untrusted source that is separate from the distribution of the plugin itself. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 13, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description CVE-2010-4542 Gimp: Stack-based buffer overflow in Gfig plug-in Stack-based buffer overflow in the gfig_read_parameter_gimp_rgb function in plug-ins/gfig/gfig-style.c in the GFIG plugin in GIMP 2.6.11 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long Foreground field in a plugin configuration file. NOTE: it may be uncommon to obtain a GIMP plugin configuration file from an untrusted source that is separate from the distribution of the plugin itself. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
    Removed CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Removed CVSS V2 Red Hat, Inc. (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:0838 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:0839 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-4542 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=703405 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 02, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description Stack-based buffer overflow in the gfig_read_parameter_gimp_rgb function in plug-ins/gfig/gfig-style.c in the GFIG plugin in GIMP 2.6.11 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long Foreground field in a plugin configuration file. NOTE: it may be uncommon to obtain a GIMP plugin configuration file from an untrusted source that is separate from the distribution of the plugin itself. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information. CVE-2010-4542 Gimp: Stack-based buffer overflow in Gfig plug-in
    Added CVSS V2 Red Hat, Inc. (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:0839 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:0838 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-4542 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=703405 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 07, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=608497 Exploit http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=608497 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/03/2 Exploit http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/03/2 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/04/7 Exploit http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/04/7 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://osvdb.org/70283 No Types Assigned http://osvdb.org/70283 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/42771 Vendor Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/42771 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/44750 Vendor Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/44750 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/48236 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/48236 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/50737 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/50737 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.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2426 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2426 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:103 No Types Assigned http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:103 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0838.html Vendor Advisory http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0838.html Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0839.html Vendor Advisory http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0839.html Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0016 Vendor Advisory http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0016 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=666793 Exploit https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=666793 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
    Removed CWE NIST CWE-119
    Added CWE NIST CWE-787
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gimp:2.6.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:gimp:gimp:2.6.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 21, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2426 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 05, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/48236 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 10, 2011

    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-2010-4542 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-2010-4542 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

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

3.68 }} -2.04%

score

0.86803

percentile

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