CVE-2026-6384

Gimp: gimp: arbitrary code execution or denial of service via buffer overflow in gif image processing

State: Published
Severity: 7.3 High
Published: Apr 15, 2026
Updated: Sep 30, 2026
Reserved: Apr 15, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in gimp. This buffer overflow vulnerability in the GIF image loading component's `ReadJeffsImage` function allows an attacker to write beyond an allocated buffer by processing a specially crafted GIF file. This can lead to a denial of service or potentially arbitrary code execution.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.3 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	redhat
3.1	7.3 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	redhat-SADP

Weaknesses

CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Red Hat
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Red Hat

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-6384vdb-entry
RHBZ#2458749issue-tracking
https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-6384.json

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