Out-of-bounds Read Affecting gimp package, versions [0, 3.2.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (7th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-GIMP-16078381
  • published16 Apr 2026
  • disclosed15 Apr 2026
  • creditMehtab Zafar

Introduced: 15 Apr 2026

CVE-2026-40917  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade gimp to version 3.2.2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read in the icns_slurp function when processing specially crafted ICNS image files. An attacker can cause the application to crash or potentially access sensitive information by convincing a user to open a malicious ICNS file.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1