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Vendor Workaround
Avoid opening untrusted XCF files in GIMP. If GIMP is unused, remove the gimp package. --- CME Mitigation Guidance (2026-10-20) --- Disclaimer: The following mitigation solutions are provided as a courtesy, pending the application of an official patch. This content was generated utilizing AI tools in conjunction with data from https://cmetaxonomy.org. Customers are advised to independently evaluate and test these temporary mitigations within their own infrastructure. The highest-value action is to prevent unbounded C-string processing on non-NUL-terminated XCF parasite payloads in gimp_text_from_parasite: upgrade to the fixed Gimp builds, which enforce proper NUL-termination on XCF parasite payload allocations and eliminate unbounded C-string parsing in gimp_text_from_parasite, closing crafted XCF image file with malformed text-layer parasite payload. Until patched, this is a concern on Linux desktop and workstation users opening untrusted XCF image files in GIMP, so avoid opening untrusted XCF image files in GIMP or remove the gimp package entirely from systems where image editing is not required. As a compensating measure, Run SELinux in enforcing mode to apply mandatory access control and confine the GIMP process. These controls limit blast radius and contain exploitation, but they do not fix the underlying heap out-of-bounds read defect — apply the upstream patch to fully remediate. Highest-impact CME: CME-301 SELinux (Enforcing Mode) (medium)
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| Description | 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. | |
| Title | Gimp: gimp: heap out-of-bounds read in xcf text-layer parasite parsing | |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-125 | |
| CPEs | cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-20T20:58:50.234Z
Reserved: 2026-10-19T13:14:46.797Z
Link: CVE-2026-112260
Updated: 2026-10-19T21:22:42.660Z
Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2026-10-19T20:17:52.970
Modified: 2026-10-19T22:17:05.667
Link: CVE-2026-112260
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Updated: 2026-10-19T20:30:03Z
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CWE-125
Out-of-bounds Read