CVE-2012-2763

Exp

Buffer overflow in the readstr_upto function in plug-ins/script-fu/tinyscheme/scheme.c in GIMP 2.6.12 and earlier, and possibly 2.6.13, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string in a command to the script-fu server.

Published: 2012-07-12 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-2763 is rated High Exploit Risk (83.1/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 88.83%, 99th percentile). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +3.27% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2012-2763

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
18973 exploit_db edb 2012-06-02 Exploit-DB ↗
18956 exploit_db edb 2012-05-31 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-2763

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-07-13 85.56% 88.83% +3.27%
2 2025-07-12 86.97% 85.56% -1.40%
3 2025-03-30 — 86.97% —

Full EPSS history (18 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-2763

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-2763

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-2763

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2012-2763 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (gimp), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2763
gentoo normal CVE-2012-2763: 1 GLSA(s) (201209-23), 1 atom(s) (media-gfx/gimp); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2012-2763
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2763
ubuntu low CVE-2012-2763 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (gimp), 7 status rows across 7 suites (hardy, lucid, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, upstream): ignored 4, not-affected 2, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-2763

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-2763

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gimp gimp <= 2.6.13 cpe:2.3:a:gimp:gimp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-2763

URL Tags
http://git.gnome.org/browse/gimp/commit/?h=gimp-2-6&id=744f7a4a2b5acb8b531a6f5dd8744ebb95348fc2 Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00000.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-09/msg00043.html Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50737 Broken Link
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-23.xml Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/31/1 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/01/1 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.reactionpenetrationtesting.co.uk/advisories/scriptfu-buffer-overflow-GIMP-2.6.html Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=679215 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
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