CVE-2026-42170 (GCVE-0-2026-42170)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-08 15:51 – Updated: 2026-08-08 15:51
VLAI
Title
Gimp: gimp dds plug-in heap-based buffer overflow via bpp mismatch in load_layer() (ddsread.c)
Summary
A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the GIMP DDS (DirectDraw Surface) file parser. When a crafted DDS file declares a D3D9 pixel format but sets a lower bits-per-pixel (bpp) value in the header, the loader allocates an undersized heap buffer. Subsequent pixel data consumption at the real format's stride causes a write past the heap buffer boundary, leading to heap metadata corruption and potential code execution.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-131 - Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-42170 vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2461726 issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
Impacted products
Date Public
2026-08-04 00:19
Credits
Red Hat would like to thank HanTul for reporting this issue.
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