A flaw was found in GIMP. Opening a crafted XCF that selects a path and then fails to load that path can cause a use-after-free in the main process, leading to a crash and potentially arbitrary code execution.
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First Time appeared Gimp
Gimp gimp
Vendors & Products Gimp
Gimp gimp

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description A flaw was found in GIMP. Opening a crafted XCF that selects a path and then fails to load that path can cause a use-after-free in the main process, leading to a crash and potentially arbitrary code execution.
Title Gimp: gimp: use-after-free in xcf loader via prop_selected_path
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: 2026-10-19T21:37:25.644Z

Updated: 2026-10-22T10:19:08.691Z

Reserved: 2026-10-19T13:15:03.694Z

Link: CVE-2026-112261

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-20T15:16:20.294Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-10-19T22:17:05.767

Modified: 2026-10-20T17:17:30.487

Link: CVE-2026-112261

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-10-12T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2026-112261 - Bugzilla