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> From: Joseph Sheridan [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Friday, June 29, 2012 3:56 AM
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> Subject: GIMP FIT File Format DoS
>
> Summary
> =======
>
> There is a file handling DoS in GIMP (the GNU Image Manipulation
> Program) for
> the 'fit' file format affecting all versions (Windows and Linux) up to
> and
> including 2.8.0. A file in the fit format with a malformed 'XTENSION'
> header
> will cause a crash in the GIMP program.

Is a crash in a single-user program really a security vulnerability? I could 
understand if there was evidence that this could lead to privilege escalation 
or other actual security issue, but this sounds like a garden-variety crash 
bug to me.

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