CVE-2012-4245

MEDIUM 6.8CVE-2012-4245 · Published 31/08/2012 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2012-4245 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability affecting gimp (gimp).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 4.7%, higher than 91.8% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
gimp gimp	`≥ 2.6.0, ≤ 2.6.13`	No fix yet

Description

The scriptfu network server in GIMP 2.6 does not require authentication, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the python-fu-eval command.

References

archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-08/0106.html · Third Party Advisory
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/16/6 · Mailing List
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/17/2 · Mailing List
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/20/1 · Mailing List
reactionpenetrationtesting.co.uk/GIMP-scriptfu-python-command-execution.html · Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com/bid/55089 · Broken Link
xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdf · Third Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-01 · Third Party Advisory

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

gimp

≥ 2.6.0, ≤ 2.6.13

No fix yet

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