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CVE-2026-2049

GIMP HDR File Parsing Heap-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of GIMP. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of HDR files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a heap-
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:a706628722649e292f6c04ac5b4d4e1b5e838d1c75a062ccae89864f5154d49b
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
3

Preserved source conflicts

No provider value was silently selected as the winner.

affected · 5 assertions

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  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:fa2b161355eb950dd19e83761d2416e0f70288a6aa2322f844f3da2ed864858f · sha256:89b42b4ffa83ae03… · /containers/adp/1/affected/0

{"collectionURL":"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/","cpes":["cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8"],"defaultStatus":"affected","packageName":"gimp","product":"Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8","vendor":"Red Hat"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:fa2b161355eb950dd19e83761d2416e0f70288a6aa2322f844f3da2ed864858f · sha256:89b42b4ffa83ae03… · /containers/adp/1/affected/2

{"collectionURL":"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/","cpes":["cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"],"defaultStatus":"affected","packageName":"gimp","product":"Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7","vendor":"Red Hat"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:fa2b161355eb950dd19e83761d2416e0f70288a6aa2322f844f3da2ed864858f · sha256:89b42b4ffa83ae03… · /containers/adp/1/affected/1

{"collectionURL":"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/","cpes":["cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9"],"defaultStatus":"affected","packageName":"gimp","product":"Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9","vendor":"Red Hat"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:fa2b161355eb950dd19e83761d2416e0f70288a6aa2322f844f3da2ed864858f · sha256:89b42b4ffa83ae03… · /containers/adp/1/affected/3

{"defaultStatus":"unknown","product":"GIMP","vendor":"GIMP","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"3.2.0-RC1"}]}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:fa2b161355eb950dd19e83761d2416e0f70288a6aa2322f844f3da2ed864858f · sha256:89b42b4ffa83ae03… · /containers/cna/affected/0
cvss · 2 assertions

{"metric":{"baseScore":7.8,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","vectorString":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.0"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_0"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:fa2b161355eb950dd19e83761d2416e0f70288a6aa2322f844f3da2ed864858f · sha256:89b42b4ffa83ae03… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_0

{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"LOCAL","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":7.8,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"REQUIRED","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:fa2b161355eb950dd19e83761d2416e0f70288a6aa2322f844f3da2ed864858f · sha256:89b42b4ffa83ae03… · /containers/adp/1/metrics/1/cvssV3_1
cwe · 2 assertions

{"cweId":"CWE-131","description":"Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:fa2b161355eb950dd19e83761d2416e0f70288a6aa2322f844f3da2ed864858f · sha256:89b42b4ffa83ae03… · /containers/adp/1/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

{"cweId":"CWE-122","description":"CWE-122: Heap-based Buffer Overflow","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:fa2b161355eb950dd19e83761d2416e0f70288a6aa2322f844f3da2ed864858f · sha256:89b42b4ffa83ae03… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Affected products and versions

5 source assertions
{"collectionURL":"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/","cpes":["cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6"],"defaultStatus":"unknown","packageName":"gimp","product":"Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6","vendor":"Red Hat"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:fa2b161355eb950dd19e83761d2416e0f70288a6aa2322f844f3da2ed864858f · sha256:89b42b4ffa83ae03… · /containers/adp/1/affected/0
{"collectionURL":"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/","cpes":["cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8"],"defaultStatus":"affected","packageName":"gimp","product":"Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8","vendor":"Red Hat"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:fa2b161355eb950dd19e83761d2416e0f70288a6aa2322f844f3da2ed864858f · sha256:89b42b4ffa83ae03… · /containers/adp/1/affected/2
{"collectionURL":"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/","cpes":["cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"],"defaultStatus":"affected","packageName":"gimp","product":"Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7","vendor":"Red Hat"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:fa2b161355eb950dd19e83761d2416e0f70288a6aa2322f844f3da2ed864858f · sha256:89b42b4ffa83ae03… · /containers/adp/1/affected/1
{"collectionURL":"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/","cpes":["cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9"],"defaultStatus":"affected","packageName":"gimp","product":"Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9","vendor":"Red Hat"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:fa2b161355eb950dd19e83761d2416e0f70288a6aa2322f844f3da2ed864858f · sha256:89b42b4ffa83ae03… · /containers/adp/1/affected/3
{"defaultStatus":"unknown","product":"GIMP","vendor":"GIMP","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"3.2.0-RC1"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:fa2b161355eb950dd19e83761d2416e0f70288a6aa2322f844f3da2ed864858f · sha256:89b42b4ffa83ae03… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Provider-owned CVSS observations

2 source assertions
{"metric":{"baseScore":7.8,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","vectorString":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.0"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_0"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:fa2b161355eb950dd19e83761d2416e0f70288a6aa2322f844f3da2ed864858f · sha256:89b42b4ffa83ae03… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_0
{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"LOCAL","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":7.8,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"REQUIRED","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:fa2b161355eb950dd19e83761d2416e0f70288a6aa2322f844f3da2ed864858f · sha256:89b42b4ffa83ae03… · /containers/adp/1/metrics/1/cvssV3_1

CWE assertions

2 source assertions
{"cweId":"CWE-131","description":"Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:fa2b161355eb950dd19e83761d2416e0f70288a6aa2322f844f3da2ed864858f · sha256:89b42b4ffa83ae03… · /containers/adp/1/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
{"cweId":"CWE-122","description":"CWE-122: Heap-based Buffer Overflow","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:fa2b161355eb950dd19e83761d2416e0f70288a6aa2322f844f3da2ed864858f · sha256:89b42b4ffa83ae03… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Source references

5 source assertions
{"tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_REDHAT"],"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-2049"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:fa2b161355eb950dd19e83761d2416e0f70288a6aa2322f844f3da2ed864858f · sha256:89b42b4ffa83ae03… · /containers/adp/1/references/0
{"name":"RHBZ#2487738","tags":["issue-tracking","x_refsource_REDHAT"],"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2487738"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:fa2b161355eb950dd19e83761d2416e0f70288a6aa2322f844f3da2ed864858f · sha256:89b42b4ffa83ae03… · /containers/adp/1/references/1
{"name":"vendor-provided URL","tags":["vendor-advisory"],"url":"https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gegl/-/issues/450"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:fa2b161355eb950dd19e83761d2416e0f70288a6aa2322f844f3da2ed864858f · sha256:89b42b4ffa83ae03… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"tags":["x_sadp-csaf-vex"],"url":"https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-2049.json"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:fa2b161355eb950dd19e83761d2416e0f70288a6aa2322f844f3da2ed864858f · sha256:89b42b4ffa83ae03… · /containers/adp/1/references/2
{"name":"ZDI-26-214","tags":["x_research-advisory"],"url":"https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-26-214/"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:fa2b161355eb950dd19e83761d2416e0f70288a6aa2322f844f3da2ed864858f · sha256:89b42b4ffa83ae03… · /containers/cna/references/0

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