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CVE-2026-40916

Gimp: gimp: denial of service due to stack buffer overflow in tim image loader

Published: Apr 15, 2026Updated: Apr 28, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-787
NVD MITRE
5.0CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 88.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

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 Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:LUI:RS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-787

Affected Products

gimpgimp
Desktop App
Consumer Software / productivity
enterprise linuxredhat
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Red Hat
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
gimposs-projectConsumer Softwareaka gimp
redhatcommercialUSOperating Systemsaka red hat
red hatcommercialUSOperating Systemsaka red hat
and 3 more affected products View all →

Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
Workaround Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-40916
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2458745
bugzilla.redhat.com
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2458745
bugzilla.redhat.com
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Timeline

Published
Apr 15, 2026
Last Updated
Apr 28, 2026

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