gimp — security advisory
Heap-based buffer overflow in the read_channel_data function in file-psp.c in the Paint Shop Pro (PSP) plugin in GIMP 2.6.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a PSP_COMP_RLE (aka RLE compression) image file that begins a long run count at the end of the image. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
- Products
- gimp
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 2.6.11-2
- CVEs
- CVE-2010-4543
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 23:39 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Heap-based buffer overflow in the read_channel_data function in file-psp.c in the Paint Shop Pro (PSP) plugin in GIMP 2.6.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a PSP_COMP_RLE (aka RLE compression) image file that begins a long run count at the end of the image. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2010-4543
gimp
Fixed versions: 2.6.11-2
gimp
Fixed versions: 2.6.11-2
gimp
Fixed versions: 2.6.11-2
Complete source record
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