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GHSA-QH37-W9PG-J55F

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-04-15 21:30 – Updated: 2026-04-15 21:30

Details

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.

Severity ?

7.3 (High)


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

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CVE-2026-6384 (GCVE-0-2026-6384)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-15 19:09 – Updated: 2026-04-16 03:56

Title

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

Summary

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.

Severity ?

7.3 (High)


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

CWE

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

Assigner

redhat

References

URL

Tags

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	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2458749	issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6

Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9

Date Public ?

2026-04-15 18:41

Credits

Red Hat would like to thank chamalsl for reporting this issue.

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Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-QH37-W9PG-J55F

CVE-2026-6384 (GCVE-0-2026-6384)

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