[Secure-testing-team] Bug#828179: gimp: CVE-2016-4994: Use-after-free vulnerabilities in the channel and layer properties parsing process

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: gimp
Version: 2.8.14-1
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream patch
Forwarded: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=767873

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for gimp.

CVE-2016-4994[0]:
Use-after-free vulnerabilities in the channel and layer properties parsing process

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-4994
[1] https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=767873

Regards,
Salvatore