Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting gimp package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.38% (30th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-GIMP-16078385
  • published16 Apr 2026
  • disclosed15 Apr 2026
  • creditMehtab Zafar

Introduced: 15 Apr 2026

CVE-2026-40915  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for gimp.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Integer Overflow or Wraparound via the FITS image loader process. An attacker can cause a heap buffer overflow by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted FITS file, potentially leading to application crash or execution of arbitrary code. This is only exploitable if a user opens a malicious FITS file in the application.

Workaround

This vulnerability can be mitigated by avoiding the opening of untrusted FITS image files and, if not required, removing the application using the system's package manager.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1