CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-112260

HighCVSS 7.1
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.16%

5th percentile - higher than 5% of all known CVEs

Summary

A flaw was found in GIMP. Opening a crafted XCF with a malformed text-layer parasite can cause a heap out-of-bounds read, disclosing adjacent heap data into layer text and causing denial of service.

Risk Assessment

Opening a malicious XCF file may disclose memory data and crash the application. The risk affects users opening untrusted files.

Recommendation

Update GIMP to a patched version. Avoid opening XCF files from untrusted sources.

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Original NVD description (English source)

A flaw was found in GIMP. Opening a crafted XCF with a malformed text-layer parasite can cause a heap out-of-bounds read, disclosing adjacent heap data into layer text and causing denial of service.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS