Use After Free Affecting gimp package, versions [,3.2.0-rc1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.64% (49th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-GIMP-14566095
  • published24 Dec 2025
  • disclosed23 Dec 2025
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 23 Dec 2025

CVE-2025-14424  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade gimp to version 3.2.0-rc1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free via the gimp_item_list_named_new function in the app/core/gimpitemlist.c file. An attacker can execute arbitrary code by convincing a user to open a specially crafted XCF file.

Workaround

This vulnerability can be mitigated by avoiding the opening of untrusted XCF files and, if not required, removing the application from the system using the appropriate package manager.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1