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


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.12% (2nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-GIMP-20078996
  • published24 Sept 2026
  • disclosed22 Sept 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 22 Sep 2026

CVE-2026-96546  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read in the file-dds process. An attacker can cause a crash by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted uncompressed DDS image file that triggers a one-byte out-of-bounds heap read.

Workaround

This vulnerability can be mitigated by avoiding the import of uncompressed DDS images from untrusted sources.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1