CVE-2026-40917 PUBLISHED

Gimp: gimp: application crashes or information disclosure via crafted icns image files

Assigner: redhat
Reserved: 15.04.2026 Published: 15.04.2026 Updated: 15.04.2026

A flaw was found in GIMP. This vulnerability, a heap buffer over-read in the icns_slurp() function, occurs when processing specially crafted ICNS image files. An attacker could provide a malicious ICNS file, potentially leading to application crashes or information disclosure on systems that process such files.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS Score: 5

Product Status

Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Versions Default: affected
Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Versions Default: affected
Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Versions Default: affected
Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Versions Default: affected

Workarounds

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.

Credits

  • Red Hat would like to thank Mehtab Zafar for reporting this issue.

References

Problem Types

  • Out-of-bounds Read CWE