Vulnerability Report

CVE-2012-4245

RCE

Title: Gimp RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2012-4245.

CWE Category CWE-862

Published Date Aug 31, 2012

Modified Date Apr 29, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 6.8 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

1.08%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2012-4245: 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.

Impacted Vendors

gimp 1

gnu 1

Reference Links

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

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

6.8

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2012-4245 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

April 29, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 11, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

August 31, 2012 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.