When was CVE-2012-4245 disclosed?

CVE-2012-4245 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 31, 2012, with the most recent update on April 29, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2012-4245 actively exploited?

CVE-2012-4245 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 78.1% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

How do I remediate CVE-2012-4245?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2012-4245, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

CVE-2012-4245

NONECVSS 0.0Trending — 3 sources updated this week

0.0

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.

CVSS v3: —
EG Score: 0.0(none)
EPSS: 78.1%
KEV: Not listed

References (16)

cve@mitrehttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-08/0106.html
cve@mitrehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/16/6
cve@mitrehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/17/2
cve@mitrehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/20/1
cve@mitrehttp://www.reactionpenetrationtesting.co.uk/GIMP-scriptfu-python-command-execution.html
cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55089
cve@mitrehttp://www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdf
cve@mitrehttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-01
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-08/0106.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/16/6
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/17/2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/20/1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.reactionpenetrationtesting.co.uk/GIMP-scriptfu-python-command-execution.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55089
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdf

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