Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting gimp package, versions [,3.0.6)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-GIMP-13786944
  • published31 Oct 2025
  • disclosed29 Oct 2025
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 29 Oct 2025

NewCVE-2025-10922  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-122  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade gimp to version 3.0.6 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Heap-based Buffer Overflow in the DCM file parsing. An attacker can achieve arbitrary code execution by enticing a user to open a specially crafted DCM image file containing malicious payloads.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1