Description
A flaw was found in GIMP. Opening a crafted XCF with a malformed text-layer parasite can cause a heap out-of-bounds read, disclosing adjacent heap data into layer text and causing denial of service.
References3
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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7.1
HIGH
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 6 · as of 10 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-125
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