gimp — security advisory
Stack-based buffer overflow in the load_preset_response function in plug-ins/lighting/lighting-ui.c in the "LIGHTING EFFECTS > LIGHT" 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 Position 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.
- Products
- gimp
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 2.6.11-2
- CVEs
- CVE-2010-4540
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 22:34 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Stack-based buffer overflow in the load_preset_response function in plug-ins/lighting/lighting-ui.c in the "LIGHTING EFFECTS > LIGHT" 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 Position 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.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2010-4540
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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