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Vulnerability · Published Aug 25, 2026 · Assigned by redhat

CVE-2026-80101Gimp: multiple heap out-of-bounds reads in xwd loader from unrelated width and bytes-per-line validation

Medium 4.4

In plain English

A medium-severity out-of-bounds read in GIMP from GNOME. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 14% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.4Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 85.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A flaw was found in the file-xwd plugin in GIMP. When processing a specially crafted XWD image file, the plugin validates the image width and bytes-per-line parameters independently rather than ensuring their combined values are consistent with the allocated buffer size. This incorrect validation leads to improper bounds checking, causing a heap out-of-bounds read. This issue can result in an application crash, leading to a denial of service or a limited information disclosure of heap memory contents into the produced image.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12gimpno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2026-80101
Debian:13gimpno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2026-80101
Debian:14gimp3.2.6-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-80101
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSgimpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80101
Ubuntu:26.10gimpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-80101

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
GNOME GIMP see references
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 see references

Weakness: CWE-125 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

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