Is CVE-2012-2763 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2012-2763 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2012-2763?

CVE-2012-2763 has a CVSS v2 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2012-2763?

CVE-2012-2763 has an EPSS score of 81.72% (100th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2012-2763

HIGHEPSS 100th pctl

7.5

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

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.

CWE-120

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

81.72%probability of exploitation in 30 days

100thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 100% of all known CVEs.

References

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

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-29.