A flaw was found in GIMP. Heap-buffer-overflow vulnerability exists in the fread_pascal_string function when processing a specially crafted PSD (Photoshop Document) file. This occurs because the buffer allocated for a Pascal string is not properly null-terminated, leading to an out-of-bounds read when strlen() is subsequently called. Successfully exploiting this vulnerability can cause the application to crash, resulting in an application level Denial of Service.

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Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4483-1 gimp security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6139-1 gimp security update
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History

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 12:15:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 26 Mar 2026 21:30:00 +0000

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Thu, 26 Mar 2026 20:30:00 +0000

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Description No description is available for this CVE. A flaw was found in GIMP. Heap-buffer-overflow vulnerability exists in the fread_pascal_string function when processing a specially crafted PSD (Photoshop Document) file. This occurs because the buffer allocated for a Pascal string is not properly null-terminated, leading to an out-of-bounds read when strlen() is subsequently called. Successfully exploiting this vulnerability can cause the application to crash, resulting in an application level Denial of Service.
Title gimp: GIMP: Application crash (DoS) via crafted PSD file due to heap-buffer-overflow Gimp: gimp: application crash (dos) via crafted psd file due to heap-buffer-overflow
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
References

Tue, 10 Feb 2026 22:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Gimp
Gimp gimp
Vendors & Products Gimp
Gimp gimp

Mon, 09 Feb 2026 12:15:00 +0000

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Description No description is available for this CVE.
Title gimp: GIMP: Application crash (DoS) via crafted PSD file due to heap-buffer-overflow
Weaknesses CWE-170
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Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 2.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}

threat_severity

Low


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-30T11:29:20.235Z

Reserved: 2026-02-09T09:07:05.426Z

Link: CVE-2026-2239

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-03-30T11:29:16.114Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-03-26T21:17:04.483

Modified: 2026-03-30T13:26:50.827

Link: CVE-2026-2239

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2026-02-09T07:07:00Z

Links: CVE-2026-2239 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-02-10T21:45:59Z

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