A flaw was found in GIMP. The XCF loader can leave a dangling pointer in the linked-channels list when a linked channel is later destroyed via a selection property. Opening a crafted XCF file can cause a use-after-free in the main GIMP process, leading to a crash and potentially arbitrary code execution.
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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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First Time appeared Gimp
Gimp gimp
Vendors & Products Gimp
Gimp gimp

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Description A flaw was found in GIMP. The XCF loader can leave a dangling pointer in the linked-channels list when a linked channel is later destroyed via a selection property. Opening a crafted XCF file can cause a use-after-free in the main GIMP process, leading to a crash and potentially arbitrary code execution.
Title Gimp: gimp: use-after-free in xcf loader via prop_linked and prop_selection on channels
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Weaknesses CWE-416
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2026-10-19T21:37:20.179Z

Updated: 2026-10-21T20:45:39.972Z

Reserved: 2026-10-19T13:14:38.053Z

Link: CVE-2026-112258

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-21T20:45:36.872Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-10-19T22:17:05.543

Modified: 2026-10-21T21:17:55.517

Link: CVE-2026-112258

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-10-14T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2026-112258 - Bugzilla