7.1highHigh

CVE-2026-66759

Gimp Gimp

A flaw was found in the file-icns plugin in GIMP. When applying a decompressed mask during ICNS image processing, the plugin reads from the mask data buffer without verifying if the cursor exceeds the allocated resource size. If a crafted file contains a truncated mask resource, the icns_decompress function continues reading past the bounds of the buffer. This out-of-bounds read vulnerability results in information disclosure of heap contents, where memory contents are leaked as alpha channel pixel values, or a crash leading to a denial of service if unmapped memory is accessed.

Exploitation status

  • Published references include exploit or proof-of-concept material. There is no confirmation it is being used in real attacks.
  • A vendor advisory or patch reference has been published.

What the metrics mean

  • It is requires local access to the machine.
  • For an attacker who can reach it, no special conditions are needed to exploit it.
  • To exploit it, no account is needed.
  • Beyond that, someone has to be persuaded to take an action first.

Scoring

CVSS
7.1 (v3.1)
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-125
Assigned by
secalert@redhat.com

Dates

Published
2026-07-27
Last modified
2026-08-24
Sources
NVD

Affected products

  • Gimp Gimp3.0.8, 3.2.4
  • Redhat Enterprise Linux6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0

As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.

References