Security advisory

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  "id": "83782dfe8ab5d6b8b4f44d25b821c4cd4088d281ad302a326295352b123b8d71",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-17786",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2017-17786",
    "summary": "In GIMP 2.8.22, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in ReadImage in plug-ins/common/file-tga.c (related to bgr2rgb.part.1) via an unexpected bits-per-pixel value for an RGBA image.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-17786",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2017-17786",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2017-17786"
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      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "repo": "https://github.com/gnome/gimp",
              "type": "GIT",
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                },
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                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gimp:gimp:2.8.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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                      {
                        "introduced": "2.8.22"
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                        "last_affected": "2.8.22"
                      }
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                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
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          ],
          "versions": [
            "2.8.22",
            "GIMP_2_8_22"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-17786.json"
          }
        },
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                      {
                        "introduced": "2.8.22"
                      },
                      {
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                      }
                    ],
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                  }
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              }
            }
          ],
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            "GIMP_2_8_22"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:34.247388871Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00023.html",
        "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3539-1/",
        "https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4077",
        "https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=739134"
      ],
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          {
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              "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*"
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                    "introduced": "14.04"
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                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
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              "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
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              {
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                    "introduced": "7.0"
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                  {
                    "introduced": "8.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "8.0"
                  },
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                    "introduced": "9.0"
                  },
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                ],
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      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2017-17786",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 433469,
  "published_at": "2017-12-20T09:29:01.083+00:00"
}