A flaw was found in GIMP. When processing a specially crafted GIMPressionist preset file, the plug-in does not properly validate vector indices before writing into fixed-size arrays. This can lead to an out-of-bounds write, corrupting memory. An attacker could exploit this by convincing a user to load a malicious preset file, potentially causing a crash or enabling arbitrary code execution.
History

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CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8 cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
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CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream
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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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threat_severity

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Description A flaw was found in GIMP. When processing a specially crafted GIMPressionist preset file, the plug-in does not properly validate vector indices before writing into fixed-size arrays. This can lead to an out-of-bounds write, corrupting memory. An attacker could exploit this by convincing a user to load a malicious preset file, potentially causing a crash or enabling arbitrary code execution.
Title Gimp: gimp: out-of-bounds write in gimpressionist plugin via crafted preset file
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Weaknesses CWE-787
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: 2026-09-24T08:30:29.489Z

Updated: 2026-10-19T12:20:03.875Z

Reserved: 2026-09-24T08:09:01.599Z

Link: CVE-2026-97185

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-24T12:38:49.085Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-09-24T09:17:08.937

Modified: 2026-10-19T13:16:59.973

Link: CVE-2026-97185

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-09-24T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2026-97185 - Bugzilla