CVE-2026-40916

Published Apr 15, 2026

Last updated a day ago

Overview

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.
Source
secalert@redhat.com
NVD status
Analyzed
Products
gimp, enterprise_linux

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Primary
Base score
5.5
Impact score
3.6
Exploitability score
1.8
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Severity
MEDIUM

Weaknesses

secalert@redhat.com
CWE-787

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations