A flaw was found in GIMP. Processing a specially crafted PVR image file with large dimensions can lead to a denial of service (DoS). This occurs due to a stack-based buffer overflow and an out-of-bounds read in the PVR image loader, causing the application to crash. Systems that process untrusted PVR image files are affected.
History

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 09:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Gimp
Gimp gimp
Vendors & Products Gimp
Gimp gimp

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:15:00 +0000

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References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Moderate


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Description A flaw was found in GIMP. Processing a specially crafted PVR image file with large dimensions can lead to a denial of service (DoS). This occurs due to a stack-based buffer overflow and an out-of-bounds read in the PVR image loader, causing the application to crash. Systems that process untrusted PVR image files are affected.
Title Gimp: gimp: denial of service via crafted pvr image file
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Weaknesses CWE-131
CPEs 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': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2026-04-15T18:59:14.823Z

Updated: 2026-04-16T14:13:39.099Z

Reserved: 2026-04-15T18:38:30.106Z

Link: CVE-2026-40918

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-04-15T20:16:37.260

Modified: 2026-04-17T15:08:01.337

Link: CVE-2026-40918

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-04-15T18:41:40Z

Links: CVE-2026-40918 - Bugzilla