Vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

[ Description ]Official 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.

[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches

No fix or interim patch is linked from our sources yet. Check the vendor references below and limit exposure of affected systems until a fix is available.

[ Advisories ]Government CERT advisories

• BSI CERT-Bund24 Sep 2026WID-SEC-2026-3570

  GIMP: Vulnerability allows code execution and denial of service Translated from German

  Risk mediumCVE-2026-97185

[ References ]References

• access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:75575
• access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:84744
• access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-97185
• bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi
• gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/work_items/16788