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.
Published: 2026-10-19
Score: 7.1 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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Remediation

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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Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:30:00 +0000

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Mon, 19 Oct 2026 22:30:00 +0000

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


Mon, 19 Oct 2026 19:30:00 +0000

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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
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
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
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H'}


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Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-20T20:58:50.234Z

Reserved: 2026-10-19T13:14:46.797Z

Link: CVE-2026-112260

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-19T21:22:42.660Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-10-19T20:17:52.970

Modified: 2026-10-19T22:17:05.667

Link: CVE-2026-112260

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-10-12T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2026-112260 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-19T20:30:03Z

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