GIMP 2.6.8 released!
The developers fixed many bugs in version 2.6.8 which is a new release in the stable branch of GIMP.
As always, updates in the stable branch of GIMP include mostly bugfixes and translation updates! Also there is a bugfix included that fixes a bug that occurred on many Windows operating systems when pressing backspace while using the free select tool.
This list is taken from the official NEWS file:
Overview of Changes from GIMP 2.6.7 to GIMP 2.6.8
=================================================
* Bugs fixed:
470698 - MapObject cannot modify highlight
593848 - FG color changed to black when FG-BG Editor tab created
594651 - layer.scale() raises RuntimeError
594998 - Keyboard shortcuts does not work for first image when dock
is focused
599765 - F1 key on gimp-tool-align in menu have wrong link and it
open gimp-tool-move
600484 - Gimp BMP Integer Overflow Vulnerability
600741 - "read_channel_data()" Integer Overflow Vulnerability
601891 - gimp_image_get_selection returns None
602761 - plug-in-grid: Parameters Horizontal/Vertical Spacing and
Horizontal/Vertical Offset are reversed.
603995 - PCX plugin doesn't sanitize input to avoid allocation overflows.
603998 - PCX: Calculating amount of memory to allocate may overflow.
604000 - SGI: sanitize input
604001 - SGI: Calculating amount of memory to allocate may overflow.
604002 - SGI: RLE encoded input data may write beyond allocated buffers
604004 - SGI: allocate memory consistently
604008 - GBR, PAT: sanitize input data
604078 - Crash when pressing Backspace with Free Select Tool
* Updated and new translations:
Basque (eu)
British English (en_GB)
Czech (cs)
French (fr)
Greek (el)
Italian (it)
Japanese (ja)
Norwegian Nynorsk (nn)
Polish (pl)
Romanian (ro)
Russian (ru)
Simplified Chinese (zh_CN)
We've updated our downloads page already. The source code is available as well as seperated versions for 32 and 64 Bit under Windows.
As always, updates in the stable branch of GIMP include mostly bugfixes and translation updates! Also there is a bugfix included that fixes a bug that occurred on many Windows operating systems when pressing backspace while using the free select tool.
This list is taken from the official NEWS file:
Overview of Changes from GIMP 2.6.7 to GIMP 2.6.8
=================================================
* Bugs fixed:
470698 - MapObject cannot modify highlight
593848 - FG color changed to black when FG-BG Editor tab created
594651 - layer.scale() raises RuntimeError
594998 - Keyboard shortcuts does not work for first image when dock
is focused
599765 - F1 key on gimp-tool-align in menu have wrong link and it
open gimp-tool-move
600484 - Gimp BMP Integer Overflow Vulnerability
600741 - "read_channel_data()" Integer Overflow Vulnerability
601891 - gimp_image_get_selection returns None
602761 - plug-in-grid: Parameters Horizontal/Vertical Spacing and
Horizontal/Vertical Offset are reversed.
603995 - PCX plugin doesn't sanitize input to avoid allocation overflows.
603998 - PCX: Calculating amount of memory to allocate may overflow.
604000 - SGI: sanitize input
604001 - SGI: Calculating amount of memory to allocate may overflow.
604002 - SGI: RLE encoded input data may write beyond allocated buffers
604004 - SGI: allocate memory consistently
604008 - GBR, PAT: sanitize input data
604078 - Crash when pressing Backspace with Free Select Tool
* Updated and new translations:
Basque (eu)
British English (en_GB)
Czech (cs)
French (fr)
Greek (el)
Italian (it)
Japanese (ja)
Norwegian Nynorsk (nn)
Polish (pl)
Romanian (ro)
Russian (ru)
Simplified Chinese (zh_CN)
We've updated our downloads page already. The source code is available as well as seperated versions for 32 and 64 Bit under Windows.
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