CVE-2026-40916

MEDIUM EPSS 11.3%
Published Apr 15, 20262mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Apr 15, 2026 2mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

A flaw was found in GIMP. A stack buffer overflow vulnerability in the TIM image loader's 4BPP decoding path allows a local user to cause a Denial of Service (DoS). By opening a specially crafted TIM image file, the application crashes due to an unconditional overflow when writing to a variable-length array.

CVSS Details

Base Score
5.5
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
11.3% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write Memory Safety

Affected Products 5

VendorProductVersionRange
gimpgimp*any
redhatenterprise_linux6.0any
redhatenterprise_linux7.0any
redhatenterprise_linux8.0any
redhatenterprise_linux9.0any

References 2

  • access.redhat.com https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-40916
    Vendor Advisory
  • bugzilla.redhat.com https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2458745
    Issue TrackingVendor Advisory

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.