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7.8
GIMP: Critical Heap Overflow Vulnerability Exposes User Data
published 7 months ago
Summary
A critical security issue has been found in the GIMP image editing software. If exploited, this vulnerability could allow an attacker to access and steal sensitive information, or even take control of your computer. To stay safe, update the GIMP to the latest version as soon as possible.
What to do
- Update openeuler gimp to version 3.0.2-11.oe2403.
Affected software
| Ecosystem | Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|---|
| openEuler:24.03-LTS | openeuler | gimp |
< 3.0.2-11.oe2403 Fix: upgrade to 3.0.2-11.oe2403
|
Original advisory text
gimp security update
The GIMP is an image composition and editing program, which can be used for creating logos and other graphics for Web pages. The GIMP offers many tools and filters, and provides a large image manipulation toolbox, including channel operations and layers, effects, subpixel imaging and antialiasing, and conversions, together with multilevel undo. The GIMP offers a scripting facility, but many of the included scripts rely on fonts that we cannot distribute.
Security Fix(es):
A vulnerability classified as critical was found in GIMP (Image Processing Software) (version now known).The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc().As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.(CVE-2026-2046)
(CVE-2026-4152)
Security Fix(es):
A vulnerability classified as critical was found in GIMP (Image Processing Software) (version now known).The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc().As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.(CVE-2026-2046)
(CVE-2026-4152)
References
- https://www.openeuler.org/zh/security/security-bulletins/detail/?id=openEuler-SA... Vendor Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-2046 Vendor Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-4152 Vendor Advisory
Severity
7.8
High
Timeline
Published27 Mar 2026
Updated21 Aug 2026
First seen27 Mar 2026
Sources
OESA-2026-1710 · OSV
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