Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting gimp package, versions [,3.0.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-GIMP-10753781
  • published17 Jul 2025
  • disclosed6 Jun 2025
  • creditMichael Randrianantenaina

Introduced: 6 Jun 2025

CVE-2025-5473  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade gimp to version 3.0.4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Integer Overflow or Wraparound in the ICO file parsing process. An attacker can achieve arbitrary code execution by convincing a user to open a specially crafted file, leading to an integer overflow and subsequent memory corruption.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1