[Secure-testing-team] Bug#884927: gimp: CVE-2017-17787: heap overread in psp importer / read_creator_block()

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: gimp
Version: 2.8.14-1
Severity: normal
Tags: patch security upstream
Forwarded: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=790853

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for gimp.

CVE-2017-17787[0]:
| In GIMP 2.8.22, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in
| read_creator_block in plug-ins/common/file-psp.c.

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-2017-17787
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-17787
[1] https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=790853

Regards,
Salvatore