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CVE-2026-40916
Published:April 15, 2026
Updated:April 23, 2026
A flaw was found in GIMP. A stack buffer overflow vulnerability in the TIM image loader's 4BPP decoding path allows a local user to cause a Denial of Service (DoS). By opening a specially crafted TIM image file, the application crashes due to an unconditional overflow when writing to a variable-length array.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/GNOME/gimp.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=GIMP_3_1_2 <GIMP_3_2_2
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version GIMP_3_2_2
Related Resources (2)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2458745
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-40916
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
5.1
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
PASSIVE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
5
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Out-of-bounds Write
CWE-787
EPSS
Base Score:
0.01